Ezekiel 3:16

16 cum autem pertransissent septem dies factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

Ezekiel 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:16

And it came to pass at the end of seven days
Some think it was on the sabbath day he had the following declaration made to him, and instructions given him; but this is not certain; nor does it follow, or to be concluded, from such a way of speaking: that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying;
the Targum is,

``the word of prophecy from before the Lord.''

Ezekiel 3:16 In-Context

14 spiritus quoque levavit me et adsumpsit me et abii amarus in indignatione spiritus mei manus enim Domini erat mecum confortans me

15 et veni ad transmigrationem acervum novarum frugum ad eos qui habitabant iuxta flumen Chobar et sedi ubi illi sedebant et mansi ibi septem diebus maerens in medio eorum

16 cum autem pertransissent septem dies factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

17 fili hominis speculatorem dedi te domui Israhel et audies de ore meo verbum et adnuntiabis eis ex me

18 si dicente me ad impium morte morieris non adnuntiaveris ei neque locutus fueris ut avertatur a via sua impia et vivat ipse impius in iniquitate sua morietur sanguinem autem eius de manu tua requiram