Ezekiel 31:1

Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon

1 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

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Ezekiel 31:1 in Other Translations

1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

ESV

1 In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

NLT

1 On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

MSG

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

CSB

1 In the eleventh year, in the third [month], on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 31:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 31:1

And it came to pass in the eleventh year
Of Zedekiah's reign, and Jeconiah's captivity: in the third month, in the first day of the month:
the month Sivan, which began on the twentieth of our May, and answers to part of May, and part of June; this was about seven weeks after the former prophecy, and about five weeks before the destruction of Jerusalem; according to Bishop Usher ^F14, this was on the nineteenth of June, on the first day of the week, in 3416 A.M. or before Christ 588: that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying;
as follows:

FOOTNOTES:

F14 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3416.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 31:1 In-Context

1 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: “ ‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?

3 Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage.

4 The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field.

5 So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters.

Cross References 2

1. Jeremiah 52:5
2. S Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 32:17