Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Ezekiel 14:1

Well-Deserved Judgment

14:1 Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ⁴  some of the elders ⁵  of Israel came to seek ⁶  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁷  and they sit in front of you as ⁸  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ⁹  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹⁰  and their heart is set on ¹¹  their own advantage. ¹² 

¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

² tn Or “power.”

³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

⁴ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

⁵ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

⁶ tn See the note at 14:3.

⁷ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

⁸ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

⁹ tn Heb “do.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

¹¹ tn Heb “goes after.”

¹² tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.