Ezekiel 40:2

"In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, in the same day, the LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me there."

Key Reflection

This verse marks a specific moment when Ezekiel received a vision from God, signaling the beginning of his prophetic call amid the Babylonian captivity. The precise timing underscores the divine nature of the revelation, placing it within a framework of historical and spiritual significance for the exiled community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

By which -Better as in the margin. (compareEzekiel 43:12). As the frame of a city -It is not “a city” which is seen, but a building (the temple and its courts) like a city in its construction, surrounded by massive walls. On the south -southward, i. e., on the southern slope, just as the temple actually stood on Mount Moriah. The temple was at the northeast corner of the city - part of the western portion of the city being more to the north, but no part directly north of the temple.

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