Ezekiel 12:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? - These are the words of the infidels and scoffers, who, because vengeance was not speedily executed on an evil work, set their heart to do iniquity. "These predictions either will not come in our days, or will wholly fail; why then should we disquiet ourselves about them?" Strange, that the very means used by the most gracious God to bring sinners to repentance, should be made by them the very instruments of their own destruction! See 2 Peter 3:4.