Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 12:22
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 21 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I will make this proverb to cease, and it shall be used no more in Israel. S…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?
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20And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
21And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
— Ezekiel 12:22 —
23Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord; I will even set aside this parable, and the house of Israel shall no more at all use this parable: for thou shalt say to them, The days are at hand, and the import of every vision.
24For there shall no more be any false vision, nor anyone prophesying flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel.