Ezekiel 8:1

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Ezekiel addresses the elders of Judah while seated in his house on the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year. The text notes that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon him in that location.

The words — יוֹשֵׁב (yo.Shev) means "sitting" or "dwelling," and אֲנִי ('a.Ni) is the first-person pronoun "I." These terms anchor the prophet's stationary posture as the immediate context for the divine encounter.

The thread — The verse's dating formula parallels Ezekiel 1:2, while the gathering of elders before the prophet recurs in Ezekiel 14:1 and 20:1.

Why it lands — The text records a prophetic interruption where divine authority physically descends upon a convened group. Readers must recognize that biblical revelation often occurs within historical time and communal accountability, not in isolation.

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The Hebrew words

וַיְהִ֣י׀va/y.Hiand/ it was בַּשָּׁנָ֣הba./sha.Nahin the/ year הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗יתha./shi.Shit<the>/ sixth בַּשִּׁשִּׁי֙ba./shi.Shiin the/ sixth [month]בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣הba./cha.mi.Shahon/ [day] five לַחֹ֔דֶשׁla./Cho.deshof the/ month אֲנִי֙'a.NiI יוֹשֵׁ֣בyo.Shev[was] sitting בְּבֵיתִ֔יbe./vei.T/iin/ house/ my וְזִקְנֵ֥יve./zik.Neiand/ [the] elders of יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudah יוֹשְׁבִ֣יםyo.she.Vim[were] sitting לְפָנָ֑יle./fa.Na/i<to>/ before/ me וַתִּפֹּ֤לva./ti.Poland/ it fell עָלַי֙'a.La/ion/ me שָׁ֔םShamthere יַ֖דyad[the] hand of אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהֹוִֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 20:1 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.
Ezekiel 1:2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Ezekiel 14:1 Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
Ezekiel 33:31 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.
Ezekiel 14:4 Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
Ezekiel 3:12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
Ezekiel 3:14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
Ezekiel 3:22 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.”
Ezekiel 24:1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,