Ezekiel 11:5

11:5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came ¹  upon me and said to me, “Say: This is what the Lord says: ‘This is what you are thinking, ²  O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. ³ 

Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ⁴  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁵  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁶ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Heb “fell.”

[11:5]  ² tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say,” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).

[11:5]  ³ tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”

[8:1]  ⁴ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.