Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBecause thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there;
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas Jehovah was there:
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)