Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
WEB
Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
YLT
As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.
DBT
O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places.
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)