Ezekiel 12:2

The people of Israel among whom the prophet dwells is a rebellious house (ch. Ezekiel 2:3; Ezekiel 2:6-8; Ezekiel 3:26-27). His former signs meet with no belief from them. They have eyes but see not: they behold events and history with their bodily eyes, but fail to discern the moral meaning in them. Events are just events to them, the nature of the God who animates the events remains undiscovered by them (Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 42:20; Jeremiah 5:21; Mark 8:18). And the signs and words of the prophet make no impression on them; they say, "Doth he not speak parables?" (ch. Ezekiel 20:49). Therefore new signs must be given them (Ezekiel 12:4).