Ezekiel 24:1

The Boiling Pot

24:1 The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month ¹ :

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ²  some of the elders ³  of Israel came to seek ⁴  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 40:1

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 ⁵  was struck down, on this very day, ⁶  the hand ⁷  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁸ 

[24:1]  ¹ tn The date of this oracle was January 15, 588 b.c.

[20:1]  ² sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

[20:1]  ³ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

[20:1]  ⁴ tn See the note at 14:3.

[40:1]  ³ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ⁴ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ⁵ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ⁶ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).