Ezekiel 1:24
When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 593 BC
WHEN
593 BC
dated by the text itself
Ezekiel prophesies from Babylon, not from Jerusalem.
WHO RULED
- Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon 605-562 BC
SOURCES
- date — Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.
- Nebuchadnezzar II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
SEE ALSO
- Ezekiel 43:2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
- Daniel 10:6 His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the…
- Psalms 29:3-9 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. …
- Revelation 1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
- Revelation 19:6 And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the…
- Psalms 68:33 to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
- Psalms 18:13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- Job 37:4-5 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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