Ezekiel 12:23

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Therefore tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them,‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

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Referenced Verses

  • Joel 2:1 : 1 The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!
  • Zeph 1:14 : 14 The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 (3:19)“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“It will not leave them even a root or branch.
  • Matt 24:34 : 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, against the entire land.
  • Ezek 7:2 : 2 “You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!
  • Ezek 7:5-7 : 5 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: A disaster– a one-of-a-kind disaster– is coming! 6 An end comes– the end comes! It has awakened against you! Look, it is coming! 7 Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.
  • Ezek 7:10-12 : 10 “Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed! 11 Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left– not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. 12 The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.
  • Ezek 12:25 : 25 For I, the LORD, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
  • Ezek 18:3 : 3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

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  • Ezek 12:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    21The LORD’s message came to me:

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

  • Ezek 12:24-28
    5 verses
    83%

    24For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.

    25For I, the LORD, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

    26The LORD’s message came to me:

    27“Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying,‘The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.’

    28Therefore say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

  • Ezek 18:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel,“‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’

    3“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

  • Ezek 13:23
    75%

    23Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”

  • Ezek 13:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you,“The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more–

    16those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the Sovereign LORD.’

  • Ezek 24:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14“‘I the LORD have spoken; judgment is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! I will judge you according to your conduct and your deeds, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

    15Ezekiel’s Wife Dies The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 13:6-9
    4 verses
    71%

    6They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say,“the LORD declares,” though the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.

    7Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say,“the LORD declares,” although I myself never spoke?

    8“‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    9My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 7:2
    70%

    2“You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!

  • Ezek 29:16
    70%

    16It will never again be Israel’s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’”

  • Jer 23:7
    70%

    7“So I, the LORD, say:‘A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with“I swear as surely as the LORD lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”

  • Ezek 11:4
    69%

    4Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”

  • Ezek 22:23
    69%

    23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 14:12
    69%

    12The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 12:17
    69%

    17The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 39:8
    69%

    8Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the Sovereign LORD. It is the day I have spoken about.

  • Ezek 12:1
    69%

    1Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Isa 7:7
    69%

    7For this reason the Sovereign LORD says:“It will not take place; it will not happen.

  • Ezek 24:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’

    25“And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold– their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters:

  • Ezek 33:23
    69%

    23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 23:16
    69%

    16The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the people of Jerusalem:“Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the LORD has given them to say.

  • Ezek 36:16
    68%

    16The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 28:11
    68%

    11The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 14:13
    68%

    13Then I said,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, look! The prophets are telling them that you said,‘You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”

  • Ezek 21:29
    68%

    29while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you– to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

  • Ezek 13:2
    68%

    2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination:‘Listen to the LORD’s message!

  • Jer 16:14
    68%

    14Yet I, the LORD, say:“A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with‘I swear as surely as the LORD lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.’

  • Ezek 12:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD has said: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel within it.’

    11Say,‘I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.’

  • Amos 8:11
    68%

    11Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,“when I will send a famine through the land– not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

  • Ezek 36:13
    68%

    13“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because they are saying to you,“You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,”

  • Ezek 11:13
    68%

    13Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice,“Alas, Sovereign LORD! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!”

  • Ezek 28:20
    68%

    20A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 5:13
    67%

    13The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The LORD has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.’”

  • Ezek 24:20
    67%

    20So I said to them:“The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 14:23
    67%

    23They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • Ezek 21:8
    67%

    8The LORD’s message came to me:

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    67%

    9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

  • Ezek 17:2
    67%

    2“Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.