Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsOn his ruin dwell do all fowls of the heavens, And on his boughs have been all the beasts of the field,
Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches;
All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
Upon his fallen [trunk] do all the fowl of the heavens dwell, and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)