Ezekiel 12:23
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.”
חָזוֹן
Vision, prophecy. Chazon. Where there is no vision the people perish. God's vision for your life is the anchor that keeps you on course when everything is uncertain.
מָשַׁל
people will use as a proverb
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מָשַׁל
people will use as a proverb
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
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קָרַב
they have drawn near
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קָרַב
To draw near, to approach. Qarab. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. God's invitation is always to come closer.
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עוֹד
again
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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דָבַר
speak
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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שָׁבַת
I will make to cease
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שָׁבַת
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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