Ezekiel 12:22
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?
Ezekiel 11:3
who say, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? This city is [secure just like] the pot and we are the meat [in it].’
Ezekiel 12:27
“Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that Ezekiel sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of the times that are far off.’
Ezekiel 18:2-3
“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Amos 6:3
Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Isaiah 5:19
Who say, “Let Him move speedily, let Him expedite His work [His promised vengeance], so that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”
Jeremiah 5:12-13
They have lied about and denied the Lord
By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets];
Misfortune and evil shall not come on us,
Nor will we see war or famine.
Jeremiah 23:33-40
“Now when this people or a prophet or a priest asks you [in jest], ‘What is the
Ezekiel 16:44
“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
2 Peter 3:3-4
First of all, know [without any doubt] that mockers will come in the last days with their mocking, following after their own human desires
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But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
The days
Who say, “Let Him move speedily, let Him expedite His work [His promised vengeance], so that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”
They have lied about and denied the Lord
By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets];
Misfortune and evil shall not come on us,
Nor will we see war or famine.
Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
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Behold, they keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord [that is, the disaster that you prophesied]?
Let it come now!”