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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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

The Fall of Jerusalem

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen.”(A) 22 Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came, and he opened my mouth when the fugitive came in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer unable to speak.(B)

Read full chapter