Ezekiel 33:23
New International Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the LORD:

English Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Bible
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

NASB 1995
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

NASB 1977
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me: “

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD said:

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

Good News Translation
The LORD spoke to me.

International Standard Version
As a result, this message came to me from the LORD:

Majority Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

NET Bible
The word of the LORD came to me:

New Heart English Bible
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

New American Bible
The word of the LORD came to me:

New Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the word of LORD JEHOVAH was upon me, saying:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Word of Jerusalem's Fall
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. 23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’…

Cross References
Ezekiel 36:8-12
But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home. / For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. / I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. ...

Ezekiel 37:11-14
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ / Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. ...

Jeremiah 32:43-44
And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’ / Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 33:12-13
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks. / In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.

Isaiah 49:19-20
For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away. / Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Isaiah 61:4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

Amos 9:14-15
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

Zechariah 8:12
“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

Leviticus 26:32-35
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled. / But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste. / Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. ...

2 Chronicles 36:21
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

Romans 11:25-27
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Romans 11:1-5
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...

Hebrews 8:8-12
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord. / For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

Acts 3:19-21
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, / that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you. / Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.


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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying
Then
This word serves as a temporal marker, indicating a continuation or a new phase in the narrative. In the context of Ezekiel, it signifies a transition to a new message or revelation from God. The Hebrew word used here is "וַיְהִי" (vayehi), which often introduces a divine communication or significant event in the Hebrew Bible. It underscores the ongoing relationship and communication between God and His prophet, Ezekiel.

the word of the LORD
This phrase is central to the prophetic literature, emphasizing the divine origin of the message. The Hebrew term "דְּבַר־יְהוָה" (devar-YHWH) is used, highlighting that the message is not of human origin but is a direct communication from Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel. This underscores the authority and sacredness of the message Ezekiel is about to deliver. In the broader biblical context, the "word of the LORD" is powerful, creative, and transformative, as seen in the creation narrative in Genesis and throughout the prophetic books.

came to me
This phrase indicates the personal nature of the revelation. The Hebrew verb "הָיָה" (hayah) suggests an arrival or occurrence, emphasizing that the message is not something Ezekiel sought out but something that was given to him. It reflects the role of the prophet as a recipient and messenger of divine communication. The personal pronoun "to me" highlights Ezekiel's unique role and responsibility as a prophet chosen by God to convey His messages to the people.

saying
The Hebrew word "לֵאמֹר" (le'emor) introduces direct speech, indicating that what follows is a verbatim message from God. This word is often used in the Hebrew Bible to transition from narrative to direct divine speech, underscoring the importance and immediacy of the message. It prepares the reader or listener for the authoritative words of God that are to follow, emphasizing the seriousness and urgency of the divine communication.

(23) Then the word.--There is no reason to doubt that the following prophecy was uttered immediately after the arrival of the fugitive; but there may have been a short interval. None of the prophecies from this point to the close of Ezekiel 39 are dated. Ezekiel 40-48 form one continuous prophecy, which closes the book, and is dated more than twelve years after the present one. We are then to suppose that the prophecies, to Ezekiel 39 inclusive, were uttered at intervals during these twelve years, but we have no means of fixing their dates more exactly.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the word
דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD
יְהֹוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

came
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to me,
אֵלַ֥י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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