The word “behold” here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
## The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of far off times ##
These phrases are both ways the people of Israel are saying Ezekiel's warnings will not happen in their lifetime but will happen far in the future. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## Thus says the Lord Yahweh ##
See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:5](../05/05.md).
## My words will not be delayed any longer, but the word that I have spoken will be done ##
These phrases are both ways God is telling the people of Israel that the things he has warned about, will happen soon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## This is the Lord Yahweh's declaration ##
See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:11](../05/11.md).