Ezekiel 12:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ הִשְׁבַּ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הַמָּשָׁ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִמְשְׁל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ ע֖וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֚י אִם־דַּבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קָֽרְבוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וּדְבַ֖ר כָּל־חָזֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

Therefore ʾĕmōr to-them thus-ʾāmar ʾădōnāy YHWH hišbattî ʾeṯ-the-māšāl the-this and-not-yimšəlû it again in-Yiśrāʾēl but rather-dabbēr to-them qārəḇû the-yāmîm and-dəḇar all-ḥāzôn

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕmōr*: qal imperative, masculine singular - say
• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *ʾădōnāy* *YHWH*: divine names in combination - Lord YHWH
• *hišbattî*: hiphil perfect, 1st common singular - I will cause to cease
• *māšāl*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the proverb
• *yimšəlû*: qal imperfect, 3rd common plural - they will use as a proverb
• *dabbēr*: piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
• *qārəḇû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have drawn near
• *yāmîm*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the days
• *dəḇar*: common noun, masculine singular construct - word of
• *ḥāzôn*: common noun, masculine singular - vision

Word Meanings

• *dəḇar*: word/speech/matter/fulfillment

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:1 : 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;
• Zeph 1:14 : 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.
• Mal 4:1 : 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.
• Matt 24:34 : 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
• Jas 5:8-9 : 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth{H8804)} that his day is coming{H8799)}.
• Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Ezek 7:2 : 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.
• Ezek 7:5-7 : 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
• Ezek 7:10-12 : 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. 12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
• Ezek 12:25 : 25 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.
• Ezek 18:3 : 3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.