Ezekiel 1:2

1:2 (On the fifth day of the month – it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile –

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 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 26:1

A Prophecy Against Tyre

26:1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, ⁷  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 29:1

A Prophecy Against Egypt

29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, ⁸  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 29:17

29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, ⁹  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 31:1

A Cedar in Lebanon

31:1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, ¹⁰  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 32:1

Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt

32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, ¹¹  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 32:17

32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, ¹²  the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 33:21

The Fall of Jerusalem

33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹³  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ¹⁴  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ¹⁵ 

Ezekiel 40:1-2

Vision of the New Temple

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 ¹⁶  was struck down, on this very day, ¹⁷  the hand ¹⁸  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ¹⁹  40:2 By means of divine visions ²⁰  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ²¹  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 24:12

24:12 It has tried my patience; ²² 

yet its thick rot is not removed ²³  from it.

Subject its rot to the fire! ²⁴ 

[8:1]  ¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  ² tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[20:1]  ⁴ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

[20:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

[20:1]  ⁶ tn See the note at 14:3.

[26:1]  ⁷ tc Date formulae typically include the month. According to D. I. Block (Ezekiel [NICOT], 2:34, n. 27) some emend to “in the twelfth year in the eleventh month” based partially on the copy of the LXX from Alexandrinus, where Albright suggested that “eleventh month” may have dropped out due to haplography.

[29:1]  ⁸ tn January 7, 587 b.c.

[29:17]  ⁹ sn April 26, 571 b.c.

[31:1]  ¹⁰ sn June 21, 587 b.c.

[32:1]  ¹¹ sn This would be March 3, 585 b.c.

[32:17]  ¹² tn March 17, 585 b.c. The LXX adds “first month.”

[33:21]  ¹³ tn January 19, 585 b.c.

[33:21]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “smitten.”

[40:1]  ¹⁶ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ¹⁷ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ¹⁸ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ¹⁹ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[40:2]  ²⁰ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

[40:2]  ²¹ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

[24:12]  ²² tn Heb “(with) toil she has wearied.” The meaning of the statement is unclear in the Hebrew text; some follow the LXX and delete it. The first word in the statement (rendered “toil” in the literal translation above) occurs only here in the OT, and the verb “she has wearied” lacks a stated object. Elsewhere the Hiphil of the verb refers to wearying someone or trying someone’s patience. The feminine subject is apparently the symbolic pot.

[24:12]  ²³ tn Heb “does not go out.”

[24:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “in fire its rust.” The meaning of the expression is unclear. The translation understands the statement as a command to burn the rust away. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:768.