He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationshe cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
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)