Ezekiel 12:24
in Ezekiel 12For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
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For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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This verse in Ezekiel 12
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to me
on Ezekiel 12:21-25
A new oracle answers a proverb, “The days go by, and every vision fails,” a saying that made every delay a reason to ignore prophecy. Keil sets this saying beside the sour grapes proverb of chapter 18.
This site's exposition
no more false visions or flattering divinations
The false visions and flattering divinations in Israel will end. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown name them as the false prophets who promised peace and safety, citing Lamentations 2:14. What happens next would expose them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 21 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, and it shall be used no more in Israel. Speak to them, and say: The days are at hand, and every vision shall be fulfilled. For there shall no longer be any false vision, nor ambiguous divination in the midst of the children of Israel.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
It will not serve for an excuse, in saying ill, to plead that it is a common saying. How they are assured that they do but deceive themselves, for the judgments shall be hastened, these profane proverbs shall be confronted: Tell them, therefore, The days are at hand (
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For there shall be no more any vain vision,....
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.
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,
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The true prophets' visions and predictions stand, and are in full force, power, and virtue; they give law, and receive credit, when the vain visions, and the flattering divinations, are lost and forgotten, and shall be no more in the house of Israel; for great is the truth, and will prevail.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
no more . . . vain vision . . . flattering divination--All those false prophets (La 2:14), who "flattered" the people with promises of peace and safety, shall be detected and confounded by the event itself.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֲז֥וֹן | chazon | vision of | H2377 → | 35 times |
| שָׁ֖וְא | shav' | worthlessness | H7723 → | 53 times |
| וּמִקְסַ֣ם | umiksam | and divination of | H4738 → | |
| חָלָ֑ק | chalak | flattery | H2509 → | |
| בְּת֖וֹךְ | betokh | in [the] midst of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
כָּל־any
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֲז֥וֹןvision of
chazonH2377 →35 times
שָׁ֖וְאworthlessness
shav'H7723 →53 times
וּמִקְסַ֣םand divination of
umiksamH4738 →
חָלָ֑קflattery
chalakH2509 →
בְּת֖וֹךְin [the] midst of
betokhH8432 →418 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
- Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
- Micah 3:5–7
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their…
- Jeremiah 5:31
Through
Ezekiel 13:23therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 13:21
I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Micah 3:6
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
- Ezekiel 34:10
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer…
- Ezekiel 13:21
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.