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Ezekiel 12:22
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"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'?
Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israel, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?
“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes, ‘The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in Eretz-Yisra'el, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
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?
"Son of man, why do people quote this saying about the land of Israel: ‘Trouble will not come soon; what is seen in visions will not come'?
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, 'The days are long and every vision fails'?
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: 'The days go by, and every vision fails'?
Ezekiel, son of man, you've heard people in Israel use the saying, "Time passes, and prophets are proved wrong."
"Human being, don't you have this proverb in the land of Isra'el, ‘Time keeps passing, and none of the visions are fulfilled'?
'Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe, that ye haue in the land of Israel, saying; The dayes are prolonged, and euery vision faileth?
Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision has come to nothing.'
Son of man, what is this proverb to you on the land of Israel, saying, The days are long, and every vision shall perish?
"Human, what is this saying you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing'?
"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, ‘The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel, which says, "The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
"Son of man, you've heard that proverb they quote in Israel: ‘Time passes, and prophecies come to nothing.'
"Son of man, what is this saying you people have about the land of Israel, which says, ‘The days are long and every special dream comes to nothing'?
Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel, which says, "The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing"?
Son of man What is this proverb ye have, concerning the so of Israel, saying, - The days, are prolonged, Therefore shall every vision come to nought?
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail.
Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision shall fall?
"Mortal man," he said, "why do the people of Israel repeat this proverb: ‘Time goes by, and predictions come to nothing'?
"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days are long, and every vision fails'?
Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
and he seide, Sone of man, what is this prouerbe to you, of men seiynge in the lond of Israel, Daies schulen be differrid in to long tyme, and ech visioun shal perische?
`Son of man, what [is] this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
"Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nought'?
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Thou sonne of man, what maner of byworde is that, which ye vse in the londe of Israel, sayenge: Tush, seynge that the daies are so slacke in commynge, all the visios are of none effecte:
"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The days are long and every vision fails'?
"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long, and every vision fails'?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
what: Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel 18:3, Jeremiah 23:33-40
The days: Ezekiel 12:27, Ezekiel 11:3, Isaiah 5:19, Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 5:13, Amos 6:3, 2 Peter 3:3, 2 Peter 3:4
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:14 - but what Jeremiah 1:12 - I will Jeremiah 17:15 - General Lamentations 4:18 - our end is near Ezekiel 7:2 - unto Ezekiel 21:7 - it cometh Ezekiel 21:23 - as a Hosea 9:7 - days of visitation Joel 1:15 - the day of Amos 5:18 - desire Habakkuk 1:5 - for Matthew 24:48 - My Luke 12:45 - and if Romans 2:4 - despisest
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel,.... Which question is put, as ignorant of it, but as filled with indignation at the impiety and boldness of those that used it, and in order to expose the wickedness and folly of it:
saying, the days are prolonged; the days of affliction and distress; the time of Jerusalem's destruction, and of the Babylonish captivity, these were not to be of a long time; and therefore they were ready to flatter themselves they would never be, at least in their days; and hence, because judgment was not immediately executed, their hearts were set in them to do evil; and thus they abused the patience and long suffering of God, and they used this and the following expression so often, and so long, that they became proverbial to them:
and every vision faileth? or "perishes" b; every prophecy comes to nothing; no one is fulfilled; at least because not at, once, therefore they concluded it never would, or, however, hoped it never would; and so pleased themselves, and continued in their impenitence and unbelief, and contempt of prophecy.
b ××× "peribit", Munster, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, Polanus, Piscator "periit", Starckius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As in Ezekiel 7:0, the nearness of the judgment is foretold.
Ezekiel 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. Compare Jeremiah 1:11; Amos 6:3; Matthew 24:43; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:4. Against both these delusions Ezekiel is commissioned to protest, and so to lead the way to his condemnation of his countrymen for their blind reliance on false prophets.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 12:22. The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? — These are the words of the infidels and scoffers, who, because vengeance was not speedily executed on an evil work, set their heart to do iniquity. "These predictions either will not come in our days, or will wholly fail; why then should we disquiet ourselves about them?" Strange, that the very means used by the most gracious God to bring sinners to repentance, should be made by them the very instruments of their own destruction! See 2 Peter 3:4.
