ייִדישער מחשבֿה אויף ירמיהו 6:19

This promise was not only given to Yechez­kel’s generation. After all, why should we of the future generations be denied? Rather, it is a promise of a general nature to anyone who preserves and measures the design as detailed, and who does not live to see the Beis HaMikdash rebuilt, that he will merit to be resurrected and to apply his studies in practice in the Ultimate Future. For even though the prophets’ promises were addressed to the people of their time, their messages were also intended for all the future generations who would follow them and who would continue to relate the message until the final generation. This prophecy was stated in the present tense, to promise God’s goodness at an earlier time, thus hastening its realization were the people to merit. Moreover, that tense is appropriate because it is as if God’s words and His promise were already realized and applied from the time they were uttered. Rashi explains this in several places,⁷See Rashi, Shmos 15:1, Yirmeyahu 6:19. when commenting on the fact that prophets often use the past tense rather than the future when relating their prophecies.