Ezekiel 33:23

23 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

Ezekiel 33:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:23

Then the word of the Lord came unto me
After the messenger had delivered his message, and he had received it, and conversed with him about it: saying:
as follows:

Ezekiel 33:23 In-Context

21 {And then} it was in {the twelfth} year, in the tenth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, {saying}, "The city was destroyed!"

22 And the hand of Yahweh was on me on the evening {before} the coming of the survivor, and he opened my mouth {before the survivor came to me in the morning}, and my mouth was opened, and I was {no longer} dumb.

23 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

24 "Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel [are] saying, 'Abraham was one [man], and he took possession of the land, and we [are] many; the land has been given for us as [a] possession.'

25 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "was"
• [b] Literally "to say"