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 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 ⁴  was struck down, on this very day, ⁵  the hand ⁶  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁷ 

[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.

[40:1]  ⁴ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ⁵ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ⁶ tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ⁷ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).