Ezekiel 1:2

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

World English Bible

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 in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

3the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 8:1In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord GOD’s hand fell on me there.

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

Ezekiel 31:1In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, in the same day, the LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.

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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