Ezekiel 12:26-28

26-28. Some who still retained their faith in prophecy, and were even inclined to accept Jeremiah and Ezekiel as true prophets, yet comforted themselves in their disobedience by saying that the times of trouble and judgment of which the prophet spoke were far in the future (Isaiah 39:8). Perhaps, as in other cases, the people would repent and the prophecy be averted (Jonah; Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:14). But against this Ezekiel replies that Jehovah has explicitly declared that the fulfillment of his threatening shall not be postponed longer, “but the word which I shall speak [Ezekiel 12:25 ] shall be done, saith Jehovah Elohim.”