Ezekiel 21
| Ezekiel 21 | |
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Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew. | |
| Book | Book of Ezekiel |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 26 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Ezekiel 21 is the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.[1]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 32 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text
- Codex Cairensis (895 CE)
- Aleppo Codex (10th century)
- Leningrad Codex (1008-1009)
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Ezekiel 21:1-27 = Babylon, the Sword of God
- Ezekiel 21:28-32 = A Sword Against the Ammonites
Verse 9
- Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ Say:
- "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ḇen-’ā-ḏām): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.[3]
- "Sword" (Hebrew: מסרת khe-reḇ; "a weapon of war"[4] or "a cutting instrument"[5]): it is first "polished" then "be engaged."[6]
See also
- Related Bible parts: Ezekiel 18, Hebrews 12
Notes and references
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Ezekiel 21:9
- ↑ Bromiley 1995, p. 574.
- ↑ Brown, 1994 & "חָ֫רֶב".
- ↑ Gesenius, 1979 & "חָ֫רֶב".
- ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1208-1209 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
Bibliography
- Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans.
- Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066.
- Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724.
- Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House.
- Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614.
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