Ezekiel 24:1

The Boiling Pot

24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month ¹ :

Ezekiel 29:1

A Prophecy Against Egypt

29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, ²  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ³  some of the elders ⁴  of Israel came to seek ⁵  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ⁶  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁷  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁸ 

¹ tn The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.

² tn January 7, 587 b.c.

³ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

⁴ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

⁵ tn See the note at 14:3.

⁴ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

⁵ tn Or “power.”

⁶ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.