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.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore say unto them, thus saith the Lord God,.... Carry this message to them from me, whether they will hear it or not; so shall it be:
there shall none of my words be prolonged any more; the…
As in Ezek. 7, the nearness of the judgment is foretold. Eze 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…
Adam Clarke
The days are at hand - Far from failing or being prolonged, time is posting on, and the destruction threatened is at the door.
Various methods had been used to awaken this secure and careless people to an expectation of the judgments coming, that they might be stirred up, by repentance and reformation, to prevent them. The…
Cambridge Bible
Judgment had been so often threatened and so often deferred that the failure of prophecy to realize itself became a proverb. Too superficial to apprehend the meaning of its postponement these scoffers…
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