And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
WEB
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
YLT
And the house of Israel have buried them--in order to cleanse the land--seven months.
DBT
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
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)