And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,
And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,
And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;
About this book
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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)