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Ezekiel 3:16

After seven days, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Prophets;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   Responsibility;   The Topic Concordance - Warning;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Life;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Vision;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Roll;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chebar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tel-A'bib;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Now at the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
After seven days the Lord spoke his word to me again. He said,
Amplified Bible
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And at the ende of seuen dayes, the worde of the Lorde came againe vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Contemporary English Version
Seven days after I had seen the brightness of the Lord 's glory, the Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
After seven days the word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came upon me, saying.
Good News Translation
After the seven days had passed, the Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And then it happened at the end of seven days, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And it happened at the end of the seven days, even it happened that the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And when the seuen dayes were expyred, the LORDE sayde vnto me:
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe at the end of seuen dayes, that the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the seuen dayes were expired, the Lorde saide vnto me,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after the seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man,
English Revised Version
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe whanne seuene daies weren passid, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide, Sone of man,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
After seven days the Lord gave me a message. He said,
New Life Bible
At the end of seven days the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,
New Revised Standard
At the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came unto me saying
Douay-Rheims Bible
And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And at the end of seven days, the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days,
THE MESSAGE
At the end of the seven days, I received this Message from God :

Contextual Overview

16 After seven days, the word of the Lord came to me. He said, 17 "Son of man, I am making you a watchman for Israel. I will tell you about bad things that will happen to them, and you must warn Israel. 18 If I say, ‘These evil people will die!' Then you must warn them. You must tell them to change their lives and stop doing evil. If you don't warn them, they will die because they sinned. But I will also make you responsible for their death, because you did not go to them and save their lives. 19 "If you warn them and tell them to change their lives and stop doing evil, but they refuse to listen, they will die because they sinned. But since you warned them, you will have saved your own life. 20 "If good people stop being good and begin to do evil, and I send something that makes them stumble and sin, they will die because they sinned. But since you did not warn them and remind them of the good things they had done, I will make you responsible for their death. 21 "But if you warn good people and tell them to stop sinning, and they listen to your warning and stop sinning, they will not die. In that way you will have saved your own life."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 1:4 - the word

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. The snake spoke to the woman and said, "Woman, did God really tell you that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then it was as if their eyes opened, and they saw things differently. They saw that they were naked. So they got some fig leaves, sewed them together, and wore them for clothes.
Genesis 3:8
During the cool part of the day, the Lord God was walking in the garden. The man and the woman heard him, and they hid among the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:9
The Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:11
God said to the man, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from that special tree? I told you not to eat from that tree!"
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord guards both Ezekiel and his countrymen from dwelling exclusively on the national character of his mission. In the midst of the general visitations, each individual was to stand as it were alone before Him to render account of his doings, and to be judged according to his works.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 3:16. I came to them of the captivity — Because the hand of the Lord was strong upon him and supported him, he soon reached the place.

Tel-abib — תל אביב "a heap of corn." So the Vulgate: acervum novarum frugum, "a heap of new fruits." [Syriac] letola chib, "to the hill Chib," or the hill of grief. - Syriac.

Seven days. — Perhaps God kept him all this time without an immediate revelation, that the bitterness and heat of spirit of which he speaks above might be subdued, and that he might speak God's words in God's own Spirit. Had he gone in a better spirit he had probably been employed in his work as soon as he had gained the place of labour.


 
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