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Ezekiel 12:23

Ezekiel 12:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The prophet meets the current proverb with a counter proverb of his own: "The days are not far off, but have come near." Compare the language of the Baptist (), of our Lord (), of St.

Paul (). For the true prophet there is always a near fulfilment, though there may be also an ultimate and more complete reality of which that is the pledge and earnest. The "vision" shall not fail; every word (so in the Hebrew) shall become a reality.

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