47. And you shall say to the meridian forest: Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and I will burn up within you every green tree and every dry tree. The flame of the kindling will not be extinguished. And every face will be burned up within it, from the south, even to the north.
48. And all flesh will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it, and that it will not be extinguished."
49. And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "