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Chapter 24 includes prophecies that close out a lengthy passage dealing with God\u2019s rebuke of the Jewish people, and it does so with the use of parables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word \u201cparable\u201d comes from the Greek word \u201cparabol\u0113\u201d, which literally means \u201cthrowing alongside\u201d: a comparison or an analogy. In the parable of the pot that opens this chapter, our sages explain that the description of setting the pot to boil illustrates the beginning of the siege on Jerusalem. The parable continues with \u201cgood cuts of meat\u201d representing the leaders of Judah who mistakenly believe they are taking refuge in safety (which turns out to be like a pot on fire), and the bones at the bottom of the pot an analogy for the elite of the Jewish nation who will protect those placed in the pot above them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why would God choose to have prophets use parables to warn His nation and motivate them towards repentance? A September 2008 article in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific American Mind<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> illustrated through two studies that subjects were more likely to change their minds when their brains were presented with stories rather than facts. Similarly, in the world of marketing, ads that tell a story about a product rather than merely reel off facts, produce better results (think about Coca Cola teaching the world to sing.) Previous prophets tried the analytical, fact-based approach to changing the minds of the nation to no avail, so it\u2019s time to ramp up a new angle of persuasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Sammons, Mercer University School of Law (Parables and Pedagogy, 2005) defines the purpose of parables as being for \u201cprimarily orienting, disorienting and then reorienting the listener to matters\u2026by a jolting reminder to the listener of things he or she already knows.\u201d The point, he says, is not to show people what they don\u2019t know but what they do know. Surely by now, after all the prophets\u2019 efforts to rebuke and clearly detail the people\u2019s transgressions and resulting consequences, this audience knows cerebrally what\u2019s coming, but they haven\u2019t yet felt it in their hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These parables, that are presented with increasing frequency in the Books of the Prophets may be God\u2019s way of bridging that gap between mind and heart to ensure that the Jewish nation goes beyond simply <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knowing<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what is happening and why, but <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it their heart and 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