Ezekiel 24:2
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "write down today's date, because this is the day that the king of Babylonia is beginning the siege of Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, write down today's date, because the king of Babylonia has just begun attacking the city of Jerusalem.

New American Bible
Son of man, write down today’s date this very day, for on this very day the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day.

write

Isaiah 8:1 And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey.

Isaiah 30:8,9 Now therefore go in and write for them upon box, and note it diligently in a book, and it shall be in the latter days for a testimony for ever. . . .

Habakkuk 2:2,3 And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it. . . .

of this

2 Kings 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem: and they surrounded it: and raised works round about it.

Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremiah 52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it, and built forts against it round about.

Context
The Parable of the Cooking Pot
1And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying: 2Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem to day.3And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water in it.…
Cross References
2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem: and they surrounded it: and raised works round about it.

Jeremiah 39:1
In the ninth year of Sedecias king of Juda, in the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Jeremiah 52:4
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it, and built forts against it round about.

Ezekiel 24:1
And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying:

Ezekiel 33:21
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.

Ezekiel 24:1
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