20. Inhabited cities shall be in ruins, the land a desolate place. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
21. The word of the Lord came to me:
22. Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days drag on, and every vision fails”?
23. Say to them therefore: Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to that proverb; they shall never use it again in Israel. Say to them instead: “The days are at hand and every vision fulfilled.”
24. No longer shall there be any false visions or deceitful divinations within the house of Israel,
25. for whatever word I speak shall happen without delay. In your days, rebellious house, whatever I speak I will bring about—oracle of the Lord God.
26. The word of the Lord came to me: