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.”

Word of Jerusalem’s Capture

21 Now (B)in the (C)twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the [a]refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “(D)The city has been [b]taken.” 22 Now the (E)hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the [c]refugees came. And He (F)opened my mouth [d]at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was (G)opened and I was no longer [e]speechless.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:21 Or refugee
  2. Ezekiel 33:21 Lit smitten
  3. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit refugee
  4. Ezekiel 33:22 Lit until he came
  5. Ezekiel 33:22 Or mute

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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