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# what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails'?
Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to remind Ezekiel something he already knows. The question is a mild rebuke for the people who use the proverb. AT: "the people in the land of Israel have this proverb that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails.' (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# The days are prolonged
This idiom means that many days have passed. AT: "Many days have passed" or "Time has gone by" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# every vision fails
This means that the visions that the prophets receive and communicate to the people fail to happen. AT: "every prophetic vision fails to happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])