"Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a prov…" — Ezekiel 12:23

Ezekiel 12:23 · KJV

“Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.”

— Ezekiel 12:23

Verse 22

Son of man, what {is} that proverb {that} ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Verse 24

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 12 — Context

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, what {is} that proverb {that} ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

For I {am} the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

Cross References

Joel 2:1

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for {it is} nigh at hand; {trumpet: or, cornet}

Ezekiel 18:3

{As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have {occasion} any more to use this proverb in Israel.

Matthew 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 7:5-7

Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the LORD {is} near, {it is} near, and hasteth greatly, {even} the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

James 5:8-9

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Ezekiel 7:2

Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.