Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!” New Living Translation On January 8, during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!” English Standard Version In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been struck down.” Berean Standard Bible In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!” King James Bible And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. New King James Version And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been captured!” New American Standard Bible Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.” NASB 1995 Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.” NASB 1977 Now it came about in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, that the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been taken.” Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, that those who escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been struck down.” Amplified Bible In the twelfth year of our exile [in Babylon], on the fifth of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been captured.” Christian Standard Bible In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!” American Standard Version And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. Contemporary English Version Twelve years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, a refugee who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me on the fifth day of the tenth month. He told me that the city had fallen. English Revised Version And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. GOD'S WORD® Translation On the fifth day of the tenth month in the twelfth year of our captivity, a refugee from Jerusalem came to me. He said, "The city has been captured." Good News Translation On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our exile, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came and told me that the city had fallen. International Standard Version On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our captivity, a fugitive who had escaped from Jerusalem came and informed me, "The city has been destroyed." Majority Standard Bible In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, ?The city has been taken!? NET Bible In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, "The city has been defeated!" New Heart English Bible It happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city has been struck." Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten. World English Bible In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it comes to pass, in the twelfth year—in the tenth [month], in the fifth of the month—of our removal, one who is escaped from Jerusalem comes to me, saying, “The city has been struck.” Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year -- in the tenth month, in the fifth of the month -- of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, 'The city hath been smitten.' Smith's Literal Translation And it will be in the twelfth year, in the tenth, in the fifth to the month, to our captivity, he having escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city was struck. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.” New American Bible On the fifth day of the tenth month, in the twelfth year of our exile, the survivor came to me from Jerusalem and said, “The city is taken!” New Revised Standard Version In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, someone who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came and said to me, The city has been destroyed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the eleventh year, in the fifth day of the tenth month of our captivity, one who was saved from Jerusalem came to me, and he said to me: "The city is exterminated!" OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying: 'The city is smitten.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Word of Jerusalem's Fall21 In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!” 22Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.… Cross References 2 Kings 25:8-10 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. / He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. / And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Jeremiah 39:1-2 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. / And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached. Jeremiah 52:4-5 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave. Lamentations 2:15-17 All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” / All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!” / The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes. 2 Chronicles 36:17-19 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. Daniel 9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. Zechariah 7:5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? Matthew 24:15-16 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Luke 21:20-24 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... Mark 13:14 So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. Jeremiah 32:1-2 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. / At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah. Jeremiah 33:10 This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again Isaiah 64:10-11 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten. in the twelfth. Ezekiel 33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? Ezekiel 1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, one Ezekiel 24:26,27 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? … The city. Ezekiel 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. Jump to Previous Captivity City Escaped Exile Fallen Fifth Flight Jerusalem Month Prisoners Refugees Removal Smitten Struck Tenth TwelfthJump to Next Captivity City Escaped Exile Fallen Fifth Flight Jerusalem Month Prisoners Refugees Removal Smitten Struck Tenth TwelfthEzekiel 33 1. According to the duty of a watchman in warning the people7. Ezekiel is admonished of his duty 10. God shows the justice of his ways toward the penitent and toward revolters 17. He maintains his justice 21. Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem 25. he prophecies the desolation of the land 30. God's judgment upon the mockers of the prophets In the twelfth year This phrase marks a significant point in time, indicating the twelfth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which is around 586 BC. This was a period of great turmoil and transition for the Israelites, as they were living in Babylonian captivity. The number twelve often symbolizes completeness or governmental perfection in the Bible, suggesting that this was a divinely appointed time for the message Ezekiel was about to receive. of our exile in the tenth month on the fifth day of the month a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported The city has been taken Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet of God who was among the exiles in Babylon. He received visions and messages from God to deliver to the Israelites. 2. Fugitive from Jerusalem An unnamed individual who escaped the destruction of Jerusalem and brought the news to Ezekiel in exile. 3. Jerusalem The capital city of Judah, which was besieged and ultimately destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. 4. Exile The period during which the Israelites were taken captive and lived in Babylon, away from their homeland. 5. Babylon The empire that conquered Jerusalem and took the Israelites into exile. Teaching Points The Certainty of God's WordGod's prophecies, as delivered through His prophets, are certain and will come to pass. The fall of Jerusalem was foretold, and its fulfillment underscores the reliability of God's word. The Role of a Watchman Ezekiel was called to be a watchman for Israel, responsible for warning the people. Believers today are also called to be watchmen, sharing God's truth and warning others of spiritual danger. The Consequences of Disobedience The destruction of Jerusalem serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of turning away from God. It calls believers to examine their own lives and remain faithful to God's commands. Hope in Exile Even in the midst of judgment and exile, God provided hope and a future for His people. Believers can find hope in God's promises, even during difficult times. The Importance of Delivering God's Message The fugitive's role in delivering the news to Ezekiel highlights the importance of sharing God's messages, even when they are difficult or bring bad news.(21) In the twelfth year.--Comp. 2Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:12. It was now a year and five months since the final destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, and this seems to be a long time to be occupied in carrying the news to Chaldea. The news itself must have reached Babylon long since, but Ezekiel was to receive the tidings, doubtless with full and circumstantial details, from the mouth of a fugitive, and there are reasons why this could not well have occurred earlier. After the capture of the city, the general, Nebuzaradan, took the mass of the people and the abundant spoil to carry them to Babylon (Jeremiah 52:15-27). He first took them to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where a few were executed, and some time must have been occupied in settling the affairs of the desolated land. After this, the journey of the captives, carrying along with them the weighty spoil, was a slow one, and perhaps with frequent halts. We know from Ezra 7:9 that the returning captives, not thus hindered, occupied exactly four months in the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. It is not surprising, therefore, that it should have been four times as long from the capture of Jerusalem to the arrival of the captives in Chaldea. This prophecy was nearly two months before that recorded in Ezekiel 32.Verse 21. - In the twelfth year, etc. The capture of Jerusalem took place in the fourth month of the eleventh year (Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6) from the captivity of Jehoiachin and the beginning of Zedekiah's reign. Are we to assume some error of transcription? or is it within the limits of probability that eighteen months would pass without any direct communication from Jerusalem of what had passed there? There is, I conceive, nothing improbable in what is stated. The exiles of Tel-Ahib were not on the high-roads of commerce or of war. All previous communications were cut off by the presence of the Chaldean armies. In the words, one that had escaped, the prophet clearly referred to the intimation given him at the time of his wife's death (Ezekiel 24:26). When the fugitive entered he saw that the hour had at last come. One would give much to know who the fugitive was, but we can only conjecture. Had Baruch been sent by Jeremiah to bear the tidings to his brother prophet? Such a mission would have been a fulfillment of Jeremiah 45:5. A later tradition ascribes to Baruch a prominent part as a teacher among the exiles of Babylon (Bar. 1:2) shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In the twelfthבִּשְׁתֵּ֧י (biš·tê) Preposition-b | Number - fdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) year שָׁנָ֗ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year of our exile, לְגָלוּתֵ֑נוּ (lə·ḡā·lū·ṯê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 1546: Captivity, exiles on the fifth day בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular Strong's 2568: Five of the tenth month, בָּעֲשִׂרִ֛י (bā·‘ă·śi·rî) Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part a fugitive הַפָּלִ֧יט (hap·pā·lîṭ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6412: Escaped one, fugitive from Jerusalem מִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (mî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel came בָּא־ (bā-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to me אֵלַ֨י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to and reported, לֵאמֹ֖ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “The city הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement has been taken!” הֻכְּתָ֥ה (huk·kə·ṯāh) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5221: To strike Links Ezekiel 33:21 NIVEzekiel 33:21 NLT Ezekiel 33:21 ESV Ezekiel 33:21 NASB Ezekiel 33:21 KJV Ezekiel 33:21 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 33:21 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 33:21 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 33:21 French Bible Ezekiel 33:21 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 33:21 It happened in the twelfth year (Ezek. 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