Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSon of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
`Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, ha! for the day!
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas for the day!
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)