Ezekiel Chapter 1 verse 2 Holy Bible
In the fifth `day' of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
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On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner,
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On the fifth of the month, (it was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,)
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In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
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In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
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In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity. The date of this deportation stands as B.C. 599 (2 Kings 24:8-16; 2 Chronicles 36:9, 10), and thus brings us to B.C. 595/4 as the time of Ezekiel's first vision. It was for him and for his fellow exiles a natural starting point to reckon from. It would have been, in one sense, as natural to reckon from the beginning of Zedekiah's reign, as Jeremiah does (Jeremiah 39:1, 2), but Ezekiel does not recognize that prince - who was, as it were, a mere satrap under Nebuchadnezzar - as a true king, and throughout his book systematically adheres to this era (Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 24:1, et al.). About this time, but a year before, the false prophets of Judah were prophesying the overthrow of Babylon and the return of Jeconiah within two years (Jeremiah 28:3), and the expectations thus raised were probably shared by many of Ezekiel's companions in exile, while he himself adhered to the counsels of the leter which Jeremiah had sent (Jeremiah 29:1-23) to the Jews of the Captivity. To one who felt himself thus apart from his brethren, musing over many things, and perhaps perplexed with the conflict of prophetic voices, there was given, in the "visions of God" which he relates, the guidance that he needed. They did not break in, we may well believe, suddenly and without preparation on the normal order of his life. Like other prophets, he felt, even before his call, the burdens of his time. and vexed his soul with the ungodly deeds of these among whom he lived.
