Yehezkiel 3:24

3:24 Then a wind ¹  came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord ²  spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Yehezkiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ³  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ⁴  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 14:1

Well-Deserved Judgment

14:1 Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

Yehezkiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ⁶  some of the elders ⁷  of Israel came to seek ⁸  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

[3:24]  ¹ tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.

[3:24]  ² tn Heb “he.”

[8:1]  ³ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[20:1]  ⁶ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

[20:1]  ⁸ tn See the note at 14:3.