The verse introduces the word of the Lord coming to Ezekiel as the opening of the message that continues in the verses that follow. In its original setting that message answered those who said the days were prolonged and every prophetic vision failed, declaring to Judah that the days were at hand and the announced judgment would come to pass in their own time without further delay. After the expected time of Christ's coming had passed, the same message comforted believers by explaining the delay as a tarrying time. The prophecy beginning here gives strength and comfort and courage and hope to believers facing disappointment, assuring them that God's word will be fulfilled and that visions that seem delayed will not be prolonged and will not fail. It urges them to wait patiently and to hold fast their confidence in God's word.
The verse introduces the word of the Lord coming to Ezekiel as the opening of the message that continues in the verses that follow. In its original setting that message answered those who said the days were prolonged and every prophetic vision failed, declaring to Judah that the days were at hand and the announced judgment would come to pass in their own time without further delay. After the expected time of Christ's coming had passed, the same message comforted believers by explaining the delay as a tarrying time. The prophecy beginning here gives strength and comfort and courage and hope to believers facing disappointment, assuring them that God's word will be fulfilled and that visions that seem delayed will not be prolonged and will not fail. It urges them to wait patiently and to hold fast their confidence in God's word.