Ezekiel 32:1

1 In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, God's Message came to me:

Ezekiel 32:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:1

And it came to pass in the twelfth year
Of Jeconiah's captivity, above a year and a half after the taking of Jerusalem; the Syriac version reads in the eleventh year: in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month;
the month Adar, which answers to part of our February, and part of March; the Septuagint version reads it the tenth month: according to Bishop Usher F20, this was on the twenty second of March, on the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), 3417 A.M.or 587 years before Christ: that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying;
as follows:


FOOTNOTES:

F20 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3417.

Ezekiel 32:1 In-Context

1 In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, God's Message came to me:
2 "Son of man, sing a funeral lament over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Tell him: "'You think you're a young lion prowling through the nations. You're more like a dragon in the ocean, snorting and thrashing about.
3 "'God, the Master, says: "'I'm going to throw my net over you - many nations will get in on this operation - and haul you out with my dragnet.
4 'll dump you on the ground out in an open field And bring in all the crows and vultures for a sumptuous carrion lunch. I'll invite wild animals from all over the world to gorge on your guts.
5 I'll scatter hunks of your meat in the mountains and strew your bones in the valleys.
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