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20 Yet you say, ‘(A)The way of the Lord is not right.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

Jerusalem Has Been Struck Down

21 Now (B)it happened in the (C)twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, that those who escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “(D)The city has been struck down.” 22 Now the (E)hand of Yahweh had been upon me in the evening, before those who escaped came. And He (F)opened my mouth [a]at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was (G)opened, and I was no longer mute.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit until he came

20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(A)

Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(B) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(C) 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(D) and he opened my mouth(E) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(F)

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