Ezekiel 12:27

“You human, the Israeli people are constantly saying about you, ‘The things that he sees in visions will not happen soon. They are about things that will happen many years from now, far in the future.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.

In Context

26Yahweh also gave me this message:

28Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord [DOU] says: I will no longer delay causing to happen any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted will very soon happen.’”

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Cross References

Ezekiel 12:22“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and what the prophets predict never happens.’

Amos 6:3You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters, when your enemies will come and violently attack you.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 12:22-28

Message from God to the People; Impious and Deceitful Hopes. ( b. c. 593.) 21 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God ; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor… Read the whole commentary →

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