Ezekiel 12:23

“Tell them therefore, &c.] Plainly and boldly, with the greatest assurance and confidence, as from God himself: thus saith the Lord God, I will make this proverb to cease; by quickly accomplishing the things which they, by this proverb, represented as at a great distance, and what would never be brought about: and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; when the things predicted shall take place: but say unto them, the days are at hand, and the effect of every vision; the time is hastening on, and will quickly come, when every prophecy shall be fulfilled: it was in the sixth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity that these prophecies were delivered out; and in the ninth year Nebuchadnezzar…”

“effect--literally, "the word," namely, fulfilled; that is, the effective fulfilment of whatever the prophets have spoken is at hand.”

“As in Ezekiel 7:0, the nearness of the judgment is foretold. Ezekiel 12:22 The land of Israel - is put generally for the land where the children of Israel dwelt, whether at home, or in exile. There was prevalent a disregard for the true prophets, which is ever followed by a recognition of the false. First, the true prophet is rejected because it is thought that his prophecies fail. Then men persuade themselves that if the prophecy be true it respects some distant time, and that the men of the present generation need not disturb themselves about it. Compare Jeremiah 1:11; Amos 6:3; Matthew 24:43; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:4. Against both these delusions Ezekiel is commissioned to…”

“12:23-25 In response to the people’s unbelief (12:22), the Lord framed a new proverb for the people, using similar words but with an opposite meaning.”

“I will: Eze 18:3; Isa 28:22 The days: Eze 12:25, Eze 7:2, Eze 7:5-7, Eze 7:10-12; Joe 2:1; Zep 1:14; Mal 4:1; Mat 24:34; Jam 5:8, Jam 5:9 Ezekiel 12:24”