40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city 1 was struck down, on this very day, 2 the hand 3 of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. 4
1 sn That is, Jerusalem.
2 tn April 19, 573
3 tn Or “power.”
4 sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).
5 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
6 tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).
7 tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”