Prophets: Frequently Spoke in Parables and Riddles

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. …

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. …

“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel …