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Ezekiel 12:22-27 Good News Bible (GNB)

22. “Mortal man,” he said, “why do the people of Israel repeat this proverb: ‘Time goes by, and predictions come to nothing’?

23. Now tell them what I, the Sovereign Lord, have to say about that. I will put an end to that proverb. It won't be repeated in Israel any more. Tell them instead: the time has come, and the predictions are coming true!

24. “Among the people of Israel there will be no more false visions or misleading prophecies.

25. I, the Lord, will speak to them, and what I say will be done. There will be no more delay. In your own lifetime, you rebels, I will do what I have warned you I would do. I have spoken,” says the Sovereign Lord.

26. The Lord said to me,

27. “Mortal man, the Israelites think that your visions and prophecies are about the distant future.

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