translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: This would be March 3, 585 b.c .


text: The king of Babylon referred to here was Nebuchadnezzar ( Ezek 21:19 ).


text: Through this prophetic lament given by God himself, the prophet activates the judgment described therein. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:217, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:136-37.