# Ezekiel 3:27

> But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

— Ezekiel 3:27, 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 12:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/12/2
- Ezekiel 24:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/24/27
- Ezekiel 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/11
- Ezekiel 29:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/29/21

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).