And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The first word of judgment Ezekiel 21:1-7. Ezekiel speaks first to the people of Israel, shows the universality of the coming destructions, and indicates by a sign (that of sighing) the sadness of the calamity.
The words and order of words are identical with Ezekiel 20:45-46, except that for "south," there are substituted:
(1) "Jerusalem;"
(2) "the holy place," i. e., the temple and its various parts;
(3) "the land of Israel."
No subterfuge is left for the people to pretend misunderstanding.