Ezekiel 12:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם מָֽה־הַמָּשָׁ֤ל הַזֶּה֙ לָכֶ֔ם עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר יַֽאַרְכוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וְאָבַ֖ד כָּל־חָזֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

ben-ʾādām what-the-māšāl the-this to-you upon-ʾaḏmaṯ Yiśrāʾēl lēʾmōr yaʾarḵû the-yāmîm and-ʾāḇaḏ all-ḥāzôn

Grammar Details

• *ben*-*ʾādām*: construct chain, vocative - son of man/human
• *māšāl*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the proverb
• *ʾaḏmaṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - saying
• *yaʾarḵû*: qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they are prolonged
• *yāmîm*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the days
• *ʾāḇaḏ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it perishes
• *ḥāzôn*: common noun, masculine singular - vision

Word Meanings

• *māšāl*: proverb/parable/saying
• *ḥāzôn*: vision/prophecy/revelation

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 11:3 : 3 that say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
• Ezek 12:27 : 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many day to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.
• Ezek 18:2-3 : 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in Israel.
• Amos 6:3 : 3 —ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• 2 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts, 4 and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
• Ezek 16:44 : 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• Jer 5:12-13 : 12 They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
• Jer 23:33-40 : 33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah. 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? 36 And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? 38 But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah; 39 therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence: 40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.