# Ezekiel 2:4

> They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

— Ezekiel 2:4, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 593 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Ezekiel 1:1-2 dates itself by the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin, which the Babylonian Chronicle puts in 597 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: 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 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/7
- Psalms 95:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/95/8
- Isaiah 48:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/48/4
- Jeremiah 5:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/5/3
- Jeremiah 6:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/6/15

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/2/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).