Ezekiel 12:28
in Ezekiel 12Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 12
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThere shall none of my words be prolonged any more - He had waited to be gracious; they abused his mercy; and at last the protracted wrath rushed upon them with irresistible force.
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to me
on Ezekiel 12:26-28
A second proverb targets Ezekiel’s own words: “The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.” The people grant him a true prophet while pushing his warnings into a far future. The answer matches the first proverb’s.
This site's exposition
None of My words will be delayed any longer
The answer of the LORD is short: none of His words will be delayed any longer. Adam Clarke notes that God had waited to be gracious, and the people abused His mercy. When the delay ended, the judgment came with full force.
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 Awakening3 voices
Note, Those that will not have their eyes opened and their mistakes rectified, by the word of God, shall be undeceived by his judgments: for every mouth that speaks perverse things shall be stopped.
Therefore say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,....
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.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אֱמֹ֣ר | ʾemor | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כֹּ֤ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֙ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְ | timashekh | it will be postponed | H4900 → | 36 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דְּבָרָ֑י | devarai | words my | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֲדַבֵּ֤ר | ʾadaber | I will speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| דָּבָר֙ | davar | a word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔ה | veyeaseh | so it may be done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
אֱמֹ֣רsay
ʾemorH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֗םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
כֹּ֤הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַר֙he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְit will be postponed
timashekhH4900 →36 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דְּבָרָ֑יwords my
devaraiH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֲדַבֵּ֤רI will speak
ʾadaberH1696 →1141 times
דָּבָר֙a word
davarH1697 →1440 times
וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔הso it may be done
veyeasehH6213 →2628 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Jeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:14
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for…
- Jeremiah 44:25–26
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely…
- Isaiah 27:12–13
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
- Isaiah 10:19
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
- Lamentations 3:37–38
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Jeremiah 44:14
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.