Day 227 | St Mary Day
Read | Day 227 | Saturday | August 15 | Jeremiah 37: 11-21 Jeremiah 38: 1-13, 14-28a Ezekiel 1: 1-28 Ezekiel 2: 1– 3: 15 Background | Ezekiel | ... When the spirit of the prophecy came upon Ezekiel, he was standing by the river Chebar, a tributary of the Euphrates in Babylon. It was in the fifth year of the First Captivity, which had taken place during the reign of King Jehoiachin ( Jechoniah ). Ezekiel was born in Jerusalem in a priestly family. His father's name was Buzi. When Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon, carried off King Jehoiachim and the "flower" of Judah into exile in Babylon, Ezekiel was among this "First Captivity." In Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar set up the deposed king's uncle Zedekiah on the throne, and made him swear allegiance to Babylon. This was in the year 3317, eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem. (The Prophet Habakkuk flourished at that time in the Holy Land. The third cha...