Ezekiel 11:3
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They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
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“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”