20 The inhabited (A)cities will be laid waste and the (B)land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

21 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 22 “Son of man, what is this (C)proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The (D)days are long and every (E)vision fails’?

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