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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 12:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 12:25 |
Strong Concordance |
For I am the LORD [03068]: I will speak [01696], and the word [01697] that I shall speak [01696] shall come to pass [06213]; it shall be no more prolonged [04900]: for in your days [03117], O rebellious [04805] house [01004], will I say [01696] the word [01697], and will perform [06213] it, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. |
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King James |
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
word . . . shall come to pass--in opposition to their scoff "the vision faileth" (Eze 12:22). The repetition, "I will speak . . . speak," &c. (or as FAIRBAIRN, "For I, Jehovah, will speak whatever word I shall speak, and it shall be done") implies that whenever God speaks, the effect must follow; for God, who speaks, is not divided in Himself (Eze 12:28; Isa 55:11; Dan 9:12; Luk 21:33).
no more prolonged--in opposition to the scoff (Eze 12:22), "The days are prolonged."
in your days--while you are living (compare Mat 24:34). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
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It must constantly be remembered that though the prophet was in Babylonia he prophesies as if in the land, and during the eleven years' interval between the first and final deportation.
(See Scofield) - (Eze 8:3). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I will speak - There has been and shall be a succession of God's ministers, by whom he will speak, to the end of the world. Even in the worst times, God left not himself without witness, but raised up men that spoke for him, and spoke from him. |
34 Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], This [3778] generation [1074] shall not [3364] pass [3928], till [302] [2193] all [3956] these things [5023] be fulfilled [1096].
22 Son [01121] of man [0120], what is that proverb [04912] that ye have in the land [0127] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The days [03117] are prolonged [0748], and every vision [02377] faileth [06]?
33 Heaven [3772] and [2532] earth [1093] shall pass away [3928]: but [1161] my [3450] words [3056] shall [3928] not [3364] pass away [3928].
12 And he hath confirmed [06965] his words [01697], which he spake [01696] against us, and against our judges [08199] that judged [08199] us, by bringing [0935] upon us a great [01419] evil [07451]: for under the whole heaven [08064] hath not been done [06213] as hath been done [06213] upon Jerusalem [03389].
11 So shall my word [01697] be that goeth forth [03318] out of my mouth [06310]: it shall not return [07725] unto me void [07387], but it shall accomplish [06213] that which I please [02654], and it shall prosper [06743] in the thing whereto I sent [07971] it.
28 Therefore say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; There shall none of my words [01697] be prolonged [04900] any more, but the word [01697] which I have spoken [01696] shall be done [06213], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
22 Son [01121] of man [0120], what is that proverb [04912] that ye have in the land [0127] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], The days [03117] are prolonged [0748], and every vision [02377] faileth [06]?
3 And he put forth [07971] the form [08403] of an hand [03027], and took [03947] me by a lock [06734] of mine head [07218]; and the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], and brought [0935] me in the visions [04759] of God [0430] to Jerusalem [03389], to the door [06607] of the inner [06442] gate [08179] that looketh [06437] toward the north [06828]; where was the seat [04186] of the image [05566] of jealousy [07068], which provoketh to jealousy [07069].