So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.
— And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.
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)