Ezekiel 1:2

On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,

In Context

1Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the midst of the captivity by the river of Chebar; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

3And the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon me.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me.

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

Ezekiel 31:1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 40:1And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the taking of the city, in that day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 1:2-4

Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the things that should be hereafter, we seemed to have the same call that St. John had ( Rev. iv. 1 ), Come up hither; but, when we enter upon the prophecy of this book, it is as if the voice said, Come up higher; as we go forward in time (for Ezekiel prophesied in the captivity, as Jeremiah prophesied just before it), so we soar upward in discoveries yet more sublime of the divine glory. These waters of the sanctuary still grow deeper; so… Read the whole commentary →

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