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!”
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.
- BSB 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!”
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 1:2In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- Ezek 24:26–27that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
- Ezek 32:1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
- 2 Kgs 25:4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
- 2 Kgs 25:10All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:17–21Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.
- 2 Kgs 24:4–7and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
- Jer 52:4–14In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
- Jer 39:1–8When Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- Ezek 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 that the city was struck, in the same day, Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.
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