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and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/8.htm">New King James Version</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now it came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And it came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of Lord Yahweh fell on me there. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> It came about in the sixth year [of the captivity of King Jehoiachin], on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I sat in my house [near Babylon] with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting in front of me, and there the hand of the Lord GOD came down on me. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting in front of me, and there the hand of the Lord GOD came down on me. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Six years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the leaders of Judah were meeting with me in my house. On the fifth day of the sixth month, the LORD God suddenly took control of me, <a href="/erv/ezekiel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the fifth day of the sixth month in the sixth year, I was sitting in my home. Judah's leaders were sitting in front of me. The power of the Almighty LORD came over me. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> On the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of our exile, the leaders of the exiles from Judah were sitting in my house with me. Suddenly the power of the Sovereign LORD came on me. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I had just sat down in my house, with the elders of Judah seated in front of me. All of a sudden, the hand of the Lord GOD touched me <a href="/msb/ezekiel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me. <a href="/net/ezekiel/8.htm">NET Bible</a> In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand of the sovereign LORD seized me. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. <a href="/web/ezekiel/8.htm">World English Bible</a> In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell on me there. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and [the] elderly of Judah are sitting before me, and there a hand of Lord YHWH falls on me, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and elders of Judah are sitting before me, and fall on me there doth a hand of the Lord Jehovah, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was in the sixth year, in the sixth, in the fifth to the month, I sitting in my house, and the old men of Judah sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the ancients of Juda sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it happened that, in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/8.htm">New American Bible</a> In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, that the hand of the LORD God fell there upon me. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was in the sixth year, in the fifth day of the sixth month, I had been sitting in my house, and the Elders of Judea were sitting before me, and there the hand of THE LORD OF LORDS fell upon me<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Juda were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=1628" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/8.htm">The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8345.htm" title="8345: haš·šiš·šîṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Sixth. From shesh; sixth, ord. Or fractional.">In the sixth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ba·ḥă·miš·šāh (Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">on the fifth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/8345.htm" title="8345: baš·šiš·šî (Prep-b, Art:: Number-oms) -- Sixth. From shesh; sixth, ord. Or fractional.">of the sixth month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">was sitting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇê·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in my house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: wə·ziq·nê (Conj-w:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">and the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šə·ḇîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">were sitting</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāy (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">and there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">of the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wat·tip·pōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon me.</a> 2Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1-3</a> In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. / On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— / the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him. <a href="/ezekiel/3-22.htm">Ezekiel 3:22-24</a> And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.” / So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown. / Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house. <a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">Ezekiel 14:1</a> Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me. <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Ezekiel 20:1</a> In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me. <a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a> So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. <a href="/jeremiah/29-1.htm">Jeremiah 29:1</a> This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. <a href="/jeremiah/32-1.htm">Jeremiah 32:1-2</a> This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. / At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah. <a href="/2_kings/24-12.htm">2 Kings 24:12-15</a> Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive. / As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD. / He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. ... <a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">2 Kings 25:27-30</a> On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ... <a href="/daniel/1-1.htm">Daniel 1:1-2</a> In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. <a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9-11</a> The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. / He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. <a href="/acts/22-17.htm">Acts 22:17-18</a> Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance / and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm">Revelation 4:1-2</a> After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” / At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">2 Corinthians 12:2-4</a> I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows. / And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— / was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me.in the sixth year<a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Ezekiel 1:2</a> In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,<a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Ezekiel 20:1</a> And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.<a href="/ezekiel/24-1.htm">Ezekiel 24:1</a> Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,and the<a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">Ezekiel 14:1,4</a> Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me… <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Ezekiel 20:1</a> And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.<a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a> And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.that the<a href="/ezekiel/1-3.htm">Ezekiel 1:3</a> The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.<a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm">Ezekiel 3:12,14,22</a> Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place… <a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1</a> The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-23.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-2.htm">Month</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-11.htm">Sixth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-5.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-8.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Month</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-14.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-2.htm">Sixth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-7.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 8</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem</a> 5. <a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">is shown the image of jealousy</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">the chambers of imagery</a> 13. <a href="/ezekiel/8-13.htm">the mourners for Tammuz</a> 16. <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">the worshippers toward the sun</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">God's wrath for their idolatry</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The sixth year refers to the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's exile, around 592 BC. This period was marked by political turmoil and spiritual decline in Judah. The precision of the date underscores the prophetic nature of Ezekiel's ministry, as God often provided specific times for His revelations.I was sitting in my house Ezekiel's location in his house indicates a private setting, suggesting that the vision was intended for a select audience. Prophets often received revelations in personal spaces, emphasizing the intimate nature of their relationship with God. This setting contrasts with the public nature of many prophetic acts, highlighting the personal responsibility of the prophet to convey God's message.and the elders of Judah were sitting before me The presence of the elders signifies a formal gathering, likely for counsel or seeking divine guidance. The elders represented the leadership and spiritual authority of the exiled community. Their presence indicates a recognition of Ezekiel's prophetic role, despite the people's general resistance to prophetic messages. This gathering reflects the ongoing concern for Judah's future amidst exile.and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me The phrase "the hand of the Lord GOD" signifies divine intervention and empowerment. It indicates that Ezekiel was about to receive a vision or message from God. This expression is used throughout Ezekiel to denote moments of significant prophetic revelation. The imagery of God's hand suggests both authority and intimacy, as God directly engages with His prophet to convey His will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest, Ezekiel is the central figure in this passage. He is in exile in Babylon, receiving visions from God. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elders_of_judah.htm">Elders of Judah</a> These are the leaders of the Jewish community in exile. Their presence indicates a formal or significant gathering, possibly seeking guidance or counsel from Ezekiel. 3. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel's_house.htm">Ezekiel's House</a> The setting of this event, indicating a private or semi-private meeting place where Ezekiel receives divine revelation. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_hand_of_the_lord_god.htm">The Hand of the Lord GOD</a> This phrase signifies the powerful and direct intervention of God, often associated with receiving a vision or prophecy. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_sixth_year,_fifth_day_of_the_sixth_month.htm">The Sixth Year, Fifth Day of the Sixth Month</a> This specific date situates the event in the timeline of the Babylonian exile, providing historical context.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing_and_revelation.htm">Divine Timing and Revelation</a> God's revelations often come at specific times and places, emphasizing His sovereignty and perfect timing. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a> The presence of the elders suggests the importance of spiritual leadership and accountability within the community. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a> Ezekiel's role as a prophet is to be a conduit for God's messages, highlighting the importance of obedience and readiness to receive God's word. <a href="/topical/c/community_in_exile.htm">Community in Exile</a> Even in exile, the Jewish community maintained its structure and sought divine guidance, illustrating the importance of faithfulness in difficult circumstances. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_presence.htm">The Power of God's Presence</a> The phrase "the hand of the Lord GOD" underscores the transformative power of God's presence in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 8</a> <a href="/q/does_ezekiel_14_align_with_nt_on_sin.htm">How does Ezekiel's teaching in chapter 14 align with or contradict the New Testament emphasis on personal responsibility for sin?</a> <a href="/q/was_nehemiah_8_8_text_preserved_accurately.htm">Could the text introduced in Nehemiah 8:8 have been authentically preserved or accurately read after years of exile? </a> <a href="/q/why_is_judah's_judgment_unique.htm">(Amos 2:4-5) Why does God's judgment on Judah differ from judgments described in other prophetic books?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) The elders of Judah sat before me.--It is plain from this that Ezekiel, as a priest, and now already known as a prophet, was held in consideration among the captives. It also appears that he lived in his own house. Judah is not used in contradistinction to Israel; but as the captives were chiefly of the tribe of Judah, so their elders were known as "the elders of Judah."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - And it came to pass, etc. We begin with a fresh date. One year and one month had passed since the vision of Chebar, and had been occupied partly by the acted, partly by the spoken, prophecies of the preceding chapters. In the mean time, things had gone from bad to worse in Jerusalem. In the absence of the higher priests, idolatry was more rampant, and had found its way even into the temple. It is probable that tidings of this had reached Ezekiel, as we know that frequent communications passed between the exiles and those they had left behind (<a href="/jeremiah/29-1.htm">Jeremiah 29:1-3, 9, 25</a>). Directly or indirectly, Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Genesisariah the son of Hilkiah. may have conveyed a message, orally or written, from Jeremiah himself. Some such report may have led to the visit from the elders of Judah, if we understand by that term the exiles of Tel-Abib. I venture, however, on the conjecture that possibly those who came to the prophet were actually visitors who had come from Judah. Elsewhere, as in <a href="/ezekiel/14-1.htm">Ezekiel 14:1</a> and Ezekiel 20:1, those who thus came are described as "elders of Israel," or the captives (<a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1</a>), "they of the Captivity" (<a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Ezekiel 3:15</a>). In either case, the visions that follow gain a special significance. The prophet becomes the seer. It is given to him to know, in a manner which finds a spurious analogue in the alleged mental travelling of the clairvoyant of modern psychology, what is passing in the city from which the messengers had come - and to show that he knows it. With such facts before his eyes, what other answer can there be than that evil must meet its doom? And so we pass into the second series of prophecies which ends with <a href="/ezekiel/13-23.htm">Ezekiel 13:23</a>. It would seem as if the enquirers had kept silent as well as the prophet. We are not told that they asked anything. His look and manner, perhaps also attitude and gesture, forbade utterance. The hand of the Lord - the trance state - was in the act to fall on him (see notes on Ezekiel 3:14, 22). When the trance state was over, we may think of him as reporting and recording what he had thus seen in vision.. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the sixth הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗ית (haš·šiš·šîṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8345.htm">Strong's 8345: </a> Sixth, ord, fractional year, בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (baš·šā·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year in the sixth month, בַּשִּׁשִּׁי֙ (baš·šiš·šî) Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8345.htm">Strong's 8345: </a> Sixth, ord, fractional on the fifth בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five day, לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month I אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I was sitting יוֹשֵׁ֣ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in my house, בְּבֵיתִ֔י (bə·ḇê·ṯî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and the elders וְזִקְנֵ֥י (wə·ziq·nê) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites were sitting יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים (yō·wō·šə·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry before me; לְפָנָ֑י (lə·p̄ā·nāy) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face and there שָׁ֔ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither the hand יַ֖ד (yaḏ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of the Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהֹוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH fell וַתִּפֹּ֤ל (wat·tip·pōl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie upon me. עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 8:1 It happened in the sixth year (Ezek. 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