Ezekiel 33:22
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
21 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.
Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
- KJV
- Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
- WEB
- Now the LORD’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
- ASV
- Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
- DARBY
- Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
- BLB
- And the hand of YHWH had been upon me in the evening, before the coming of the escapee, and He had opened my mouth until [his] coming to me in the morning, and my mouth was opened, and I was not mute any longer.
- ÅB
- Og Herrens hånd var kommet over meg om kvelden, før flyktningene kom, og han åpnet min munn, innen de kom til meg om morgenen; min munn ble åpnet, og jeg var ikke lenger målløs.
- OTB
- Nå hadde Herrens hånd vært over meg om kvelden før mannen kom, og han åpnet min munn før mannen kom til meg om morgenen. Så min munn ble åpnet, og jeg var ikke lenger taus.
- B1930
- Og Herrens hånd var kommet over mig om aftenen, før flyktningene kom, og han oplot min munn, innen de kom til mig om morgenen; min munn blev oplatt, og jeg var ikke lenger målløs.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:3
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:26–27
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Read in contextEzekiel 24:26–27
That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Read in contextEzekiel 37:1
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Read in contextLuke 1:64
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:22
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:1
In the five and twentieth 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 smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.
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