MANNAFEST

Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.

KJV

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ASV

Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.

WEB

Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.

YLT

Then do I cause their waters to sink, And their rivers as oil I cause to go, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

DBT

Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.

About this book

Old Testament

EzekielThe 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)

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