12:23 Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them, ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. 1
Ezekiel 31:16
31:16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. 2 Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.
Ezekiel 33:2
33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, 3 and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
1 tnHeb “the days draw near and the word of every vision (draws near).”
2 sn For the expression “going down to the pit,” see Ezek 26:20; 32:18, 24, 29.