Ezekiel 1:2
In the fift day of the moneth (which was the fift yere of King Ioiachins captiuitie)
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
In Context
Cross References
Ezekiel 8:1And in the sixt yere, in the sixt moneth, and in the fift day of the moneth, as I sate in mine house, and the Elders of Iudah sate before me, the hand of the Lord God fell there vpon me.
Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth yeere, and in the tenth moneth in the twelfth day of the moneth, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Ezekiel 31:1And in the eleuenth yeere, in the third moneth, and in the first day of the moneth the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Ezekiel 40:1In the fiue and twentieth yeere of our being in captiuitie, in the beginning of the yeere, in the tenth day of the moneth, in the fourteenth yeere after that the citie was smitten, in the selfe same day, the hande of the Lord was vpon mee, and brought me thither.
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 →