Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsHe measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
The south side he hath measured, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.
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)