Ezekiel 12:21
in Ezekiel 12Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
KJV
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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This verse in Ezekiel 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
As in Ezek. 7, the nearness of the judgment is foretold. Eze 12:22 The land of Israel - is put generally for the land where the children of Israel dwelt, whether at home, or in exile. There was prevalent a disregard for the true prophets, which is ever followed by a recognition of the false. First, the true prophet is rejected because it is thought that his prophecies fail. Then men persuade themselves that if the prophecy be true it respects some distant time, and that the men of the present generation need not disturb themselves about it.
This site's exposition
And the word of the Lord came unto me
on Ezekiel 12:21-25
A new oracle takes aim at a proverb circulating among the people, the days are prolonged, and every vision faileth, a saying that turned every unfulfilled prophecy into evidence that prophecy itself could be ignored. The Lord answers by naming the proverb directly and promising to end it, I will make this proverb to cease, and reversing its claim outright, the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. From now on there will be no more vain vision nor flattering divination, the false comfort of endless delay closed off along with the false prophets who profited from it. Keil sets this proverb beside the sour grapes proverb of chapter eighteen as the same kind of popular saying, used to excuse the present generation from a word already spoken against it.
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֥י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְהִ֥יand it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֥יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.