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Ezekiel 24:2

in Ezekiel 24

“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day.

KJV

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

This verse in Ezekiel 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Son of man, write thee the name of the day,.... That is, what day of the week it was, as well as what day of the month; as whether the first, or second, or third, &c.: for the Jews had no other names for their days, as we have: even of this same day; according to Bishop Usher (r), it was the 30th of January, and the fifth day of the week (Thursday); A.M. 3414, or 590 before Christ. Mr. Whiston (s) places it at 3413 A.M. or 591 before Christ.

This site's exposition

in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month

on Ezekiel 24:1-2

The chapter opens with an unusually exact date, the ninth year, the tenth month, the tenth day, and the Lord commands the prophet to write it down as a fixed record rather than a vague oracle. Henry reads the precision as proof offered in advance, Ezekiel by the river Chebar naming the very day Nebuchadnezzar's siege began outside Jerusalem before any news of it could travel that far. Keil notes the date became a fixed fast day in the Jewish calendar, the tenth of Tebeth, a tradition that has kept this chapter's opening verse in memory ever since.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 24, Verse 1 onwards) Then in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for the death of his wife is shown that the calamities coming upon Jerusalem were too great to be lamented, so great that they should sink down under them into a silent despair,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, It is good to keep an exact account of the date of remarkable occurrences, which may sometimes contribute to the manifesting of God's glory so much the more in them, and the explaining and confirming of scripture prophecies. Known unto God are all his works.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־O son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אָדָ֗םhumankind

    ʾadamH120551 times

  • כְּתָבwrite

    ketov-H3789224 times

  • לְךָ֙<for> yourself

    lekha

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • שֵׁ֣ם[the] name of

    shemH8034864 times

  • הַיּ֔וֹםthe day

    haiyomH31172304 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • עֶ֖צֶם[the] substance of

    ʾetzemH6106126 times

  • הַיּ֣וֹםthe day

    haiyomH31172304 times

  • הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this

    hazehH20881180 times

  • סָמַ֤ךְhe has leaned

    samakhH5564

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • בָּבֶל֙Babylon

    bavelH894262 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389643 times

  • בְּעֶ֖צֶםon [the] substance of

    beetzemH6106126 times

  • הַיּ֥וֹםthe day

    haiyomH31172304 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH20881180 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 52:4

    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 8:19

      “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezekiel 24:1–2

      In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 39:1

      In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

  • Through

    Isaiah 8:1

    Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 30:8

      Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

    • Job 19:23–24

      I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

    • Isaiah 8:3

      And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

    • Habakkuk 2:2–3

      Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:1

    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:4–11

      So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built…

About Ezekiel

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.