What Does Ezekiel 12:23 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

“Tell”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Tell”

to say (used with great latitude)

“the Lord”

the lord (used as a proper name of god only)

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“to cease”

to repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“I will make this proverb”

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and they shall no more use it as a proverb”

to liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

“in Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“but say”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

“are at hand”

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

“unto them The days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“and the effect”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of every vision”

a sight (mentally), i.e., a dream, revelation, or oracle