Ezekiel Chapter 12 verse 22 Holy Bible
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
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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?
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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?
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Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
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Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
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`Son of man, what `is' this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - What is that proverb, etc.? The words indicate how the previous messages had been received. Like the men of Jerusalem, the exiles could not believe that the judgment was so near. They said, in words that had become proverbial: (1) The days are prolonged. "Month after month passes" (it is obvious that they had so passed since Ezekiel began his work), "and yet the end comes not." Such throughout the world's history has been the cry of those of little, or of no, faith (Amos 6:3; Isaiah 5:19; Jeremiah 17:15; Matthew 24:48; 2 Peter 3:4). (2) Every vision faileth. "The prophet is a dreamer of dreams. We have heard of many such visions, yet still all things continue as they were."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) In the land of Israel, is not here simply equivalent to the "in Israel" of Ezekiel 12:23, but refers to a proverb current among those who had not yet been carried into captivity, and who fancied that they should not be.
