Ezekiel 12:22 Cross References - Rotherham

²² Son of man, What is this proverb ye have, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––The days, are prolonged, Therefore, shall every vision, come to nought?

¹⁹ Who say––Let his work quicken––let it hasten, That we may see,––And let the purpose of Israel’s Holy One, draw near and come, That we may know!

¹² They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come, upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see; ¹³ But, the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is, no one, speaking in them,––Thus, shall it be done to themselves!

³³ But, when this people, or a prophet or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the oracle of Yahweh? Then shalt thou say unto them, Ye yourselves, are the oracle, Therefore will I reject you, Declareth Yahweh; ³⁴ But, the prophet, or the priest, or the people, who shall say––the oracle of Yahweh, I will bring punishment upon that man, and upon his house. ³⁵ Thus, shall ye say––every man unto his neighbour, and every man unto his brother,––What, hath Yahweh, answered? or, What, hath Yahweh, spoken? ³⁶ but, the oracle of Yahweh, shall ye not mention, any more,––for, every man’s oracle, shall be his own word, because ye have perverted the words of a Living, God, Yahweh of hosts, our God. ³⁷ Thus, shalt thou say unto the prophet,––What, hath Yahweh, answered thee? or, What, hath Yahweh, spoken? ³⁸ But, since ye keep on saying, The Oracle of Yahweh, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Because ye have said this word, The oracle of Yahweh, whereas I had sent unto you saying, Ye shall not say, The oracle of Yahweh, ³⁹ therefore, behold me! I will lift you up,––and carry you away, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers, from before my face; ⁴⁰ and will give unto you reproach age–abiding,––and disgrace age–abiding, which shall not be forgotten.

³ who are saying, Not near! let us build houses,––It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!

²⁷ Son of man, Lo! the house of Israel, are saying, The vision which he, seeth, is for many days, Yea, for times far away, hath, he, prophesied.

⁴⁴ Lo! every one who useth proverbs, against thee, shall use a proverb, saying,––Like the mother, [so] her daughter!

² What occasion have, ye, to be using this proverb, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––Fathers, eat sour grapes, And, the children’s teeth, are blunted? ³ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely ye shall have occasion no longer to use this proverb, in Israel.

³ Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity,––but bringing near the abode of violence:

³ Of this, first, taking note––that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on, ⁴ and saying––Where is the promise of his presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of creation.