Verse 22

Sonne of man, what is that prouerbe that you haue in the land of Israel, saying, The dayes are prolonged and all visions faile?

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 11:3 : 3 For they say, It is not neere, let vs builde houses: this citie is the caldron, and wee be the flesh.
• Ezek 12:27 : 27 Sonne of man, beholde, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that hee seeth, is for many dayes to come, and he prophecieth of the times that are farre off.
• Ezek 18:2-3 : 2 What meane ye that ye speake this prouerbe, concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge? 3 As I liue, sayth the Lord God, ye shall vse this prouerbe no more in Israel.
• Amos 6:3 : 3 Ye that put farre away the euill day, and approch to the seate of iniquitie?
• 2 Pet 3:3-4 : 3 This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the last dayes, mockers, which wil walke after their lustes, 4 And say, Where is the promes of his coming? For since the fathers died, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation.
• Ezek 16:44 : 44 Beholde, all that vse prouerbes, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 Which say, Let him make speede: let him hasten his worke, that wee may see it: and let the counsell of the holy one of Israel draw neere and come, that we may knowe it.
• Jer 5:12-13 : 12 They haue denied the Lorde, and saide, It is not he, neither shall the plague come vpon vs, neither shall we see sworde nor famine. 13 And the Prophetes shall be as winde, and the worde is not in them: thus shall it come vnto them.
• Jer 23:33-40 : 33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a Priest shall aske thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say vnto them, What burden? I will euen forsake you, saith the Lorde. 34 And the prophet, or the Priest, or the people that shall say, The burden of the Lorde, I will euen visite euerie such one, and his house. 35 Thus shall yee say euery one to his neighbour, and euerie one to his brother, What hath the Lorde answered? and what hath the Lorde spoken? 36 And the burden of the Lorde shall yee mention no more: for euery mans worde shall bee his burden: for ye haue peruerted the words of the liuing God, the Lord of hostes our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the Prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lorde spoken? 38 And if you say, The burden of the Lorde, Then thus saith the Lorde, Because yee say this word, The burden of the Lorde, and I haue sent vnto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lorde, 39 Therefore beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence, 40 And will bring an euerlasting reproche vpon you, and a perpetual shame which shall neuer be forgotten.