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Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, says the Lord Yahweh.
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God's Word is Imminent
All the commentators agree that this verse is God's definitive statement: the time for delay is over. His prophetic warnings are no longer for a distant future but are now imminent. Scholars like John Gill emphasize that God's word is certain and will be performed because He is all-powerful and unchanging. What God speaks, He will do.
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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
Indeed, such detestable blasphemy as we recently heard is not condemned in the Jews here, but rather an indirect ridicule, whose tendency was first…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore say to them, thus says the Lord God Carry this message to them from me, whether they will hear it or not; so it…
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…
