Ezekiel 33:21-22
New English Translation
The Fall of Jerusalem
21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month,[a] a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, “The city has been defeated!”[b] 22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me[c] the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord[d] opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived[e] in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was able to speak once more.[f]
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- Ezekiel 33:21 tn January 19, 585 b.c.
- Ezekiel 33:21 tn Heb “smitten.”
- Ezekiel 33:22 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.
- Ezekiel 33:22 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Ezekiel 33:22 tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
- Ezekiel 33:22 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).
Ezekiel 33:21-22
Legacy Standard Bible
Jerusalem Has Been Struck Down
21 Now (A)it happened in the (B)twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, that those who escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “(C)The city has been struck down.” 22 Now the (D)hand of Yahweh had been upon me in the evening, before those who escaped came. And He (E)opened my mouth [a]at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was (F)opened, and I was no longer mute.
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- Ezekiel 33:22 Lit until he came
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