And the word of the LORD came to me: See Ezek 21.1. The conjunction And shows only a loose connection here. Some translations omit it (so Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version), but it may be rendered “At one time.”

Quoted with permission from Gross, Carl & Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Ezekiel. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2016. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .