22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
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What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? …
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. …
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-28)Various methods had been used to awaken this secure and careless people to an expectation of the judgments coming, that they might be stirred up, by repentance and reformation, to prevent them. The prophecies of their ruin were confirmed by visions, and illustrated by signs, and all with such evidence and power that one would think they must needs be wrought upon; but here we are told how they eva…
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