Ezekiel 12:28

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Ezekiel addresses the house of Israel in direct response to their claim that his visions concern a distant future. The Lord GOD commands the prophet to deliver a final declaration to the people.

The words — לָ/כֵ֞ן (la./Khen) means "therefore" and לֹא־ (lo'-) means "not," structuring the denial of any delay in divine speech. אֱמֹ֣ר ('e.Mor) commands the prophet to "say" this declaration to the audience.

The thread — The theme of un-delayed fulfillment appears in Ezekiel 12:23, where the Lord promises to end a false proverb. The New Testament references in Matthew 24:48 and Mark 13:32 contrast human assumptions of delayed judgment with divine timing.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept God's spoken message as certain and immediate rather than speculative or distant. It demands readiness to treat every divine declaration as actively fulfilled.

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The Hebrew words

לָכֵ֞ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore אֱמֹ֣ר'e.Morsay אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei./Hemto/ them כֹּ֤הkohthus אָמַר֙'a.Marhe says אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahweh לֹא־lo'-not תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְti.ma.Shekhit will be postponed ע֖וֹדodagain כָּל־kol-all דְּבָרָ֑יde.va.Ra/iwords/ my אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher[that] which אֲדַבֵּ֤ר'a.da.BerI will speak דָּבָר֙da.Vara word וְיֵ֣עָשֶׂ֔הve./Ye.'a.Sehso/ it may be done נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance of אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִֽה׃ סYah.wehYahweh

King James Version

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 12:23 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
Matthew 24:48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
Mark 13:32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Jeremiah 4:7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Jeremiah 44:28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
Luke 21:34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.