Eze 8:1 | NET2full | STEP | 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.

‏ Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ^{▼▼tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”} ^{▼▼sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.} as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ^{▼▼tn Or “power.”} ^{▼▼sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).} of the Sovereign Lord seized me. ^{▼▼tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.}