And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it are lamentations, and mourning, and woe!
And he spread it out before me; and it was written within and without; and there were written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
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)