Ezekiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me ¹  the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord ²  opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived ³  in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. ⁴ 

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, ⁵  a refugee came to me from Jerusalem ⁶  saying, “The city has been defeated!” ⁷ 

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¹ tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

⁴ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).

⁵ tn January 19, 585 b.c.

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “smitten.”