Ezekiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.

Ezekiel 33:21

The Fall of Jerusalem

33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, “The city has been defeated!”


tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).

tn January 19, 585 b.c.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

tn Heb “smitten.”