It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsIt shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
Round about is eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city is from the day Jehovah is there.'
Round about it was eighteen thousand [cubits]; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is 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)