In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
Parallel translations
- WEB In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
- KJV And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
- NKJV And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been captured!”
- NASB Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.”
- NLT On January 8, during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”
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Quick answer
A refugee from Jerusalem arrives with the devastating news: 'The city has been struck.' The long-foretold fall of Jerusalem is now confirmed.
Overview
This dated report marks a pivotal moment—word reaches the exiles that Jerusalem has fallen to Babylon, vindicating Ezekiel's years of warning. The event closes the era of judgment-preaching and opens the way for messages of restoration and hope. God's word has proven true to the letter, establishing the prophet's authority for what follows.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ezek 1:2On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
- Ezek 24:26–27on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
- Ezek 32:1In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- 2 Kgs 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- 2 Kgs 25:10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:17–21So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- 2 Kgs 24:4–7and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Jer 52:4–14So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Jer 39:1–8In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
- Ezek 40:1In 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 Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
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