Ezekiel 12:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 Inhabited cities shall be in ruins, the land a desolate place. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
Prophecy Ridiculed. 21 The word of the Lord came to me: 22 Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days drag on, and every vision fails”?[a](A)
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- 12:22–28 This proverb conveys the skepticism the people of Jerusalem have; cf. Jer 20:7–9.
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