Ezekiel 24:2 KJV — MannaFest

Ezekiel 24:2

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

KJV

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ASV

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day: the king of Babylon drew close unto Jerusalem this selfsame day.

WEB

“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

YLT

`Son of man, write for thee the name of the day--this self-same day leaned hath the king of Babylon toward Jerusalem in this self-same day--

DBT

Son of man, write thee the name of the day, of this selfsame day: on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem.

About this book

Old Testament

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Ezekiel — 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)

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7 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 39:1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Jeremiah 52:4
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
Isaiah 8:1
Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.
Isaiah 30:8–9
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Note, It is good to keep an exact account of the date of remarkable occurrences, which may sometimes contribute to the manifesting of God's glory so much the more in them, and the explaining and confirming of scripture prophecies. Known unto God are all his works.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for the death of his wife is shown that the calamities coming upon Jerusalem were too great to be lamented, so great that they should sink down under them into a silent despair,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H6106126× in canon H3789224× in canon H894262× in canon

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EZE 24:2JER 52:4 ZEC 8:19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EZE 24:2JER 52:4 EZE 24:1-2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EZE 24:2ISA 8:1 ISA 30:8
EZE 24:2JER 52:4 JER 39:1
EZE 24:2ISA 8:1 JOB 19:23-24
EZE 24:2ISA 8:1 ISA 8:3
EZE 24:22KI 25:1 JER 52:4-11
EZE 24:2ISA 8:1 HAB 2:2-3

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