And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.
And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
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)