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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 33:21	Strong Concordance	And it came to pass in the twelfth [08147] [06240] year [08141] of our captivity [01546], in the tenth [06224] month, in the fifth [02568] day of the month [02320], that one that had escaped [06412] out of Jerusalem [03389] came [0935] unto me, saying [0559], The city [05892] is smitten [05221].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
twelfth year . . . tenth month--a year and a half after the capture of the city (Jer 39:2; Jer 52:5-6), in the eleventh year and fourth month. The one who escaped (as foretold, Eze 24:26) may have been so long on the road through fear of entering the enemy's country [HENDERSON]; or, the singular is used for the plural in a collective sense, "the escaped remnant." Compare similar phrases, "the escaped of Moab," Isa 15:9; "He that escapeth of them," Amo 9:1. Naturally the reopening of the prophet's mouth for consolation would be deferred till the number of the escaped remnant was complete: the removal of such a large number would easily have occupied seventeen or eighteen months.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

twelfth year . . . tenth month--a year and a half after the capture of the city (Jer 39:2; Jer 52:5-6), in the eleventh year and fourth month. The one who escaped (as foretold, Eze 24:26) may have been so long on the road through fear of entering the enemy's country [HENDERSON]; or, the singular is used for the plural in a collective sense, "the escaped remnant." Compare similar phrases, "the escaped of Moab," Isa 15:9; "He that escapeth of them," Amo 9:1. Naturally the reopening of the prophet's mouth for consolation would be deferred till the number of the escaped remnant was complete: the removal of such a large number would easily have occupied seventeen or eighteen months.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The date shows an interval of 112 years from the taking of Jerusalem Jer 52:12. The general news that the city was taken must have reached them, but it was only when the messenger arrived that the prophet's mouth was opened. It is not improbable that a body of men after the destruction of the city joined their brethren in Chaldaea; if so this would account for the lapse of time, and supply a reason why Ezekiel on their arrival should commence a new series of prophecies.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
tenth month That is, January.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Tidings of the Fall of Jerusalem, and the Consequences with Regard to the Prophet Eze 33:21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth (month), on the fifth of the month after our being taken captive, there came to me a fugitive from Jerusalem, and said, The city is smitten. Eze 33:22. And the hand of Jehovah had come upon me in the evening before the arrival of the fugitive, and He opened my mouth, till he came to me in the morning; and so was my mouth opened, and I was silent no more. - In these verses the fulfilment of the promise made by God to the prophet in Eze 24:25-27, after the prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, is recorded. The chronological datum, as to the precise time at which the messenger arrived with the account of the destruction of Jerusalem, serves to mark with precision the point of time at which the obstacle was removed, and the prophet was able to speak and prophesy without restraint. - The fact that the tidings of the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place in the fifth month of the eleventh year, are said to have only reached the exiles in the tenth month of the twelfth year, that is to say, nearly a year and a half after it occurred, does not warrant our following the Syriac, as Doederlein and Hitzig have done, calling in question the correctness of the text and substituting the eleventh year for the twelfth. With the distance at which Ezekiel was living, namely, in northern Mesopotamia, and with the fearful confusion which followed the catastrophe, a year and a half might very easily pass by before a fugitive arrived with the information. But Hitzig's assertion, that Ezekiel would contradict himself, inasmuch as, according to Eze 26:1-2, he received intelligence of the affair in the eleventh year, is founded upon a misinterpretation of the passage quoted. It is not stated there that Ezekiel received this information through a fugitive or any man whatever, but simply that God had revealed to him the fall of Jerusalem even before it occurred. לגלוּתינוּ, after our being led away (Eze 33:21 and Eze 40:1), coincides with לגלוּת המּלך in Eze 1:2. הכּתה, smitten, i.e., conquered and destroyed, exterminated. In the clause 'ויד יהוה , the verb היתה is a pluperfect, and אלי stands for עלי, according to the later usage. The formula indicates the translation of the prophet into an ecstatic state (see the comm. on Eze 1:3), in which his mouth was opened to speak, that is to say, the silence imposed upon him was taken away. The words, "till he came to me in the morning," etc., are not to be understood as signifying that the prophet's mouth had only been opened for the time from evening till morning; for this would be opposed to the following sentence. They simply affirm that the opening of the mouth took place before the arrival of the fugitive, the night before the morning of his arrival. ויּפּתח פּי, which follows, is an emphatic repetition, introduced as a link with which to connect the practically important statement that from that time forward he was not speechless any more. - It was in all probability shortly afterwards that Ezekiel was inspired with the word of God which follows in Eze 33:23-33, as we may infer from the contents of the word itself, which laid the foundation for the prophet's further prophesying. But nothing can be gathered from Eze 33:22 with regard to the time when this and the following words of God (as far as Ezekiel 39), of which no chronological data are given, were communicated to the prophet and uttered by him. His being "silent no more" by no means involves immediate or continuous speaking, but simply recalls the command to be speechless. There is no ground for the assumption that all these words of God were communicated to him in one night (Hvernick, Hengstenberg, and others), either in Eze 33:22 or in the contents of these divine revelations.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Tidings of the Fall of Jerusalem, and the Consequences with Regard to the Prophet

Eze 33:21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth (month), on the fifth of the month after our being taken captive, there came to me a fugitive from Jerusalem, and said, The city is smitten. Eze 33:22. And the hand of Jehovah had come upon me in the evening before the arrival of the fugitive, and He opened my mouth, till he came to me in the morning; and so was my mouth opened, and I was silent no more. - In these verses the fulfilment of the promise made by God to the prophet in Eze 24:25-27, after the prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, is recorded. The chronological datum, as to the precise time at which the messenger arrived with the account of the destruction of Jerusalem, serves to mark with precision the point of time at which the obstacle was removed, and the prophet was able to speak and prophesy without restraint. - The fact that the tidings of the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place in the fifth month of the eleventh year, are said to have only reached the exiles in the tenth month of the twelfth year, that is to say, nearly a year and a half after it occurred, does not warrant our following the Syriac, as Doederlein and Hitzig have done, calling in question the correctness of the text and substituting the eleventh year for the twelfth. With the distance at which Ezekiel was living, namely, in northern Mesopotamia, and with the fearful confusion which followed the catastrophe, a year and a half might very easily pass by before a fugitive arrived with the information. But Hitzig's assertion, that Ezekiel would contradict himself, inasmuch as, according to Eze 26:1-2, he received intelligence of the affair in the eleventh year, is founded upon a misinterpretation of the passage quoted. It is not stated there that Ezekiel received this information through a fugitive or any man whatever, but simply that God had revealed to him the fall of Jerusalem even before it occurred. לגלוּתינוּ, after our being led away (Eze 33:21 and Eze 40:1), coincides with לגלוּת המּלך in Eze 1:2. הכּתה, smitten, i.e., conquered and destroyed, exterminated. In the clause 'ויד יהוה , the verb היתה is a pluperfect, and אלי stands for עלי, according to the later usage. The formula indicates the translation of the prophet into an ecstatic state (see the comm. on Eze 1:3), in which his mouth was opened to speak, that is to say, the silence imposed upon him was taken away. The words, "till he came to me in the morning," etc., are not to be understood as signifying that the prophet's mouth had only been opened for the time from evening till morning; for this would be opposed to the following sentence. They simply affirm that the opening of the mouth took place before the arrival of the fugitive, the night before the morning of his arrival. ויּפּתח פּי, which follows, is an emphatic repetition, introduced as a link with which to connect the practically important statement that from that time forward he was not speechless any more. - It was in all probability shortly afterwards that Ezekiel was inspired with the word of God which follows in Eze 33:23-33, as we may infer from the contents of the word itself, which laid the foundation for the prophet's further prophesying. But nothing can be gathered from Eze 33:22 with regard to the time when this and the following words of God (as far as Ezekiel 39), of which no chronological data are given, were communicated to the prophet and uttered by him. His being "silent no more" by no means involves immediate or continuous speaking, but simply recalls the command to be speechless. There is no ground for the assumption that all these words of God were communicated to him in one night (Hvernick, Hengstenberg, and others), either in Eze 33:22 or in the contents of these divine revelations.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Smitten - Taken and plundered.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month - Instead of the twelfth year, the eleventh is the reading of seven of Kennicott's MSS., one of De Rossi's, and the Syriac. My own, mentioned in the preceding chapter, reads with the present text. This was on Wednesday, Jan. 25, A.M. 3416 or 3417. One that had escaped out of Jerusalem - After it had been taken by the Chaldeans. Came unto me, saying, The City Is Smitten - This very message God had promised to the prophet, Eze 24:26.

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¹ I saw [07200] the Lord [0136] standing [05324] upon the altar [04196]: and he said [0559], Smite [05221] the lintel of the door [03730], that the posts [05592] may shake [07493]: and cut [01214] them in the head [07218], all of them; and I will slay [02026] the last [0319] of them with the sword [02719]: he that fleeth [05127] of them shall not flee away [05127], and he that escapeth [06412] of them shall not be delivered [04422].

⁹ For the waters [04325] of Dimon [01775] shall be full [04390] of blood [01818]: for I will bring [07896] more [03254] upon Dimon [01775], lions [0738] upon him that escapeth [06413] of Moab [04124], and upon the remnant [07611] of the land [0127].

²⁶ That he that escapeth [06412] in that day [03117] shall come [0935] unto thee, to cause thee to hear [02045] it with thine ears [0241]?

⁵ So [0935] the city [05892] was besieged [04692] unto the eleventh [06249] [06240] year [08141] of king [04428] Zedekiah [06667].
⁶ And in the fourth [07243] month [02320], in the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320], the famine [07458] was sore [02388] in the city [05892], so that there was no bread [03899] for the people [05971] of the land [0776].

² And in the eleventh [06249] [06240] year [08141] of Zedekiah [06667], in the fourth [07243] month [02320], the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320], the city [05892] was broken up [01234].

¹² Now in the fifth [02549] month [02320], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], which was the nineteenth [08672] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Nebuchadrezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], came [0935] Nebuzaradan [05018], captain [07227] of the guard [02876], which served [05975] [06440] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], into Jerusalem [03389],

²² Now the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was upon me in the evening [06153], afore [06440] he that was escaped [06412] came [0935]; and had opened [06605] my mouth [06310], until he came [0935] to me in the morning [01242]; and my mouth [06310] was opened [06605], and I was no more dumb [0481].

²³ Then the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
²⁴ Son [01121] of man [0120], they that inhabit [03427] those wastes [02723] of the land [0127] of Israel [03478] speak [0559], saying [0559], Abraham [085] was one [0259], and he inherited [03423] the land [0776]: but we are many [07227]; the land [0776] is given [05414] us for inheritance [04181].
²⁵ Wherefore say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Ye eat [0398] with the blood [01818], and lift up [05375] your eyes [05869] toward your idols [01544], and shed [08210] blood [01818]: and shall ye possess [03423] the land [0776]?
²⁶ Ye stand [05975] upon your sword [02719], ye work [06213] abomination [08441], and ye defile [02930] every one [0376] his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802]: and shall ye possess [03423] the land [0776]?
²⁷ Say [0559] thou thus unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; As I live [02416], surely they that are in the wastes [02723] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], and him that is in the open [06440] field [07704] will I give [05414] to the beasts [02416] to be devoured [0398], and they that be in the forts [04679] and in the caves [04631] shall die [04191] of the pestilence [01698].
²⁸ For I will lay [05414] the land [0776] most [04923] desolate [08077], and the pomp [01347] of her strength [05797] shall cease [07673]; and the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478] shall be desolate [08074], that none shall pass through [05674].
²⁹ Then shall they know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have laid [05414] the land [0776] most [04923] desolate [08077] because of all their abominations [08441] which they have committed [06213].
³⁰ Also, thou son [01121] of man [0120], the children [01121] of thy people [05971] still are talking [01696] against [0681] thee by the walls [07023] and in the doors [06607] of the houses [01004], and speak [01696] one [02297] to another [0259], every one [0376] to his brother [0251], saying [0559], Come [0935], I pray you, and hear [08085] what is the word [01697] that cometh forth [03318] from the LORD [03068].
³¹ And they come [0935] unto thee as the people [05971] cometh [03996], and they sit [03427] before [06440] thee as my people [05971], and they hear [08085] thy words [01697], but they will not do [06213] them: for with their mouth [06310] they shew [06213] much love [05690], but their heart [03820] goeth [01980] after [0310] their covetousness [01215].
³² And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely [05690] song [07892] of one that hath a pleasant [03303] voice [06963], and can play well [02895] on an instrument [05059]: for they hear [08085] thy words [01697], but they do [06213] them not.
³³ And when this cometh to pass [0935], (lo, it will come [0935] then shall they know [03045] that a prophet [05030] hath been among [08432] them.

³ The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came expressly unto Ezekiel [03168] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Buzi [0941], in the land [0776] of the Chaldeans [03778] by the river [05104] Chebar [03529]; and the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was there upon him.

² In the fifth [02568] day of the month [02320], which was the fifth [02549] year [08141] of king [04428] Jehoiachin's [03112] captivity [01546],

¹ In the five [02568] and twentieth [06242] year [08141] of our captivity [01546], in the beginning [07218] of the year [08141], in the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], in the fourteenth [0702] [06240] year [08141] after [0310] that the city [05892] was smitten [05221], in the selfsame [06106] day [03117] the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] was upon me, and brought [0935] me thither.

²¹ And it came to pass in the twelfth [08147] [06240] year [08141] of our captivity [01546], in the tenth [06224] month, in the fifth [02568] day of the month [02320], that one that had escaped [06412] out of Jerusalem [03389] came [0935] unto me, saying [0559], The city [05892] is smitten [05221].

¹ And it came to pass in the eleventh [06249] [06240] year [08141], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
² Son [01121] of man [0120], because that Tyrus [06865] hath said [0559] against Jerusalem [03389], Aha [01889], she is broken [07665] that was the gates [01817] of the people [05971]: she is turned [05437] unto me: I shall be replenished [04390], now she is laid waste [02717]:

²⁵ Also, thou son [01121] of man [0120], shall it not be in the day [03117] when I take [03947] from them their strength [04581], the joy [04885] of their glory [08597], the desire [04261] of their eyes [05869], and that whereupon they set [04853] their minds [05315], their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323],
²⁶ That he that escapeth [06412] in that day [03117] shall come [0935] unto thee, to cause thee to hear [02045] it with thine ears [0241]?
²⁷ In that day [03117] shall thy mouth [06310] be opened [06605] to him which is escaped [06412], and thou shalt speak [01696], and be no more dumb [0481]: and thou shalt be a sign [04159] unto them; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

²⁶ That he that escapeth [06412] in that day [03117] shall come [0935] unto thee, to cause thee to hear [02045] it with thine ears [0241]?