Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: A sword of the king of Babylon entereth thee,
For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
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)