Ezekiel 12:22

The days are prolonged. The inhabitants of Jerusalem are pictured as mocking at the reliability of the divine threats. Their reply takes the form of a proverbial saying. They declare in effect, “Time is going by and not one forecast of good or evil has come to pass. There is no reason to expect a fulfillment now.” Their attitude reflects the common tendency of sinful men to misinterpret the long-suffering and forbearance of God (see Eccl. 8:11; Amos 6:3; Matt. 24:48; 1 Thess. 5:3). Last-day scoffers utter a similar refrain, “Where is the promise of his coming? … all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (2 Peter 3:4).