Ezekiel 33:21-22

The Fall of Jerusalem

33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ²  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ³  33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me ⁴  the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord ⁵  opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived ⁶  in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. ⁷ 

[33:21]  ¹ tn January 19, 585 b.c.

[33:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:21]  ³ tn Heb “smitten.”

[33:22]  ⁴ tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

[33:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

[33:22]  ⁷ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).