³ who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. ^[a]This ^(A)city is the pot and we are the meat.’

²² “Son of man, what is this ^(A)proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The ^(B)days are long, and every ^(C)vision fails’?

²⁷ “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for ^(A)many ^[a]years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

¹⁷ You have ^(A)wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “^(B)Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He ^(C)delights in them,” or, “^(D)Where is the God of ^(E)justice?”

⁴⁸ But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ^[a]master ^[b]is not coming for a long time,’