Translations
Modern
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!”
Traditional
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.
Literal
And it came to pass, in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, that an escapee came to me from Jerusalem, and he said, “The city has been struck!”
Latin
Et factum est in duodecimo anno, in decimo mense, in quinta mensis transmigrationis nostræ, venit ad me qui fugerat de Jerusalem, dicens: Vastata est civitas.
Original
Hebrew
English
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!”
Notes
A survivor came from Jerusalem, bringing an eyewitness account of the city's fall. It took over five months for this news to reach the exiles.
Events
- Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC
Places
Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions
Glossary
Topics
Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Time: Eras from Which, Computed: The Captivity