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Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
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God's Patience Isn't Permission
Commentators explain that the Israelites misinterpreted God's patience. Instead of seeing the delay in judgment as a chance to repent, they used it as an excuse to mock the prophets and harden their hearts. Scholars like John Calvin note that this abuse of God's forbearance actually provokes His anger and can hasten the very judgment they dismiss.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As in Ezekiel 7, the nearness of the judgment is foretold.
Ezekiel 12:22.
The land of Israel generally refers to t…
19th Century
Anglican
These verses contain two distinct messages from the Lord (Ezekiel 12:21–28), both designed to meet the objection that warning prophecie…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God inveighs against the gross ridicule that prevailed everywhere among the Jews. For when the Prophets had been threatening them for so long,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Tell them therefore Plainly and boldly, with the greatest assurance and confidence, as from God himself:
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From that forbearance of God, which should have led them to repent, the Jews hardened themselves in sin. It will not serve as an excuse for speakin…
