Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
`And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city--Jerusalem,
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, — Jerusalem:
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)