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
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 4 was struck down, on this very day, 5 the hand 6 of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. 7
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 That is, Jerusalem.
5 tn April 19, 573
6 tn Or “power.”
7 sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).