33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, 1 a refugee came to me from Jerusalem 2 saying, “The city has been defeated!” 3 33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me 4 the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord 5 opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived 6 in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. 7
1 tn January 19, 585
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “smitten.”
4 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
7 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).