And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first of the month, there hath been a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: `Son of man,
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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)