Word of Jerusalem’s Capture

21 Now (A)in the (B)twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “(C)The city has been [a]taken.” 22 Now the (D)hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the survivors came. And He (E)opened my mouth [b]at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was (F)opened and I was no longer [c]speechless.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit struck
  2. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit until he came
  3. Ezekiel 33:22 Or mute

Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(A) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(B) 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(C) and he opened my mouth(D) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(E)

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