Ezekiel 12:22

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Ezekiel 12:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible

20 The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

21 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

23 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Ezekiel 18:3

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

Jeremiah 23:33

“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

Jeremiah 23:34

As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

Jeremiah 23:35

This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

Jeremiah 23:36

But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.

Jeremiah 23:37

Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

Jeremiah 23:38

But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,

Jeremiah 23:39

therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

Jeremiah 23:40

And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

Ezekiel 12:27

“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

Ezekiel 11:3

They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’

Isaiah 5:19

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Jeremiah 5:12

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 5:13

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

Amos 6:3

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

2 Peter 3:3

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

2 Peter 3:4

“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”