Ezekiel 12:22 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 12:22

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

KJV

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ASV

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

WEB

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

YLT

`Son of man, what is this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

DBT

Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?

About this book

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Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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24 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 1:12
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Ezekiel 18:2–3
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Isaiah 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
2 Peter 3:4
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Ezekiel 11:3
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.

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How they flattered themselves with hopes that the judgments should be delayed. One saying they had, which had become proverbial in the land of Israel,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Faith comes by hearing that word of prophecy which is more sure than vision. We may keep up our communion with God without raptures and ecstasies. In these verses the prophet is directed, I.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

proverb--The infidel scoff, that the threatened judgment was so long in coming, it would not come at all, had by frequent repetition come to be a "proverb" with them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

That proverb - That short saying commonly used. Days - Of wrath and vengeance, are to come a great while hence. Every vision - Threatening vision, which Jeremiah and Ezekiel would fright us with, comes to nothing.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EZE 12:22AMO 6:3 EZE 12:27
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EZE 12:22AMO 6:3 AMO 9:10
EZE 12:22AMO 6:3 ISA 56:12
EZE 12:22EZE 12:27 DAN 10:14
EZE 12:22EZE 12:27 2PE 3:4
EZE 12:22EZE 12:27 ISA 28:14-15
EZE 12:22AMO 6:3 AMO 3:10
EZE 12:22AMO 6:3 MAT 24:48

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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