And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
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)