Ezekiel 30:20

Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken

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

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Ezekiel 30:20 in Other Translations

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

ESV

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

NLT

20 On April 29, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

MSG

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

CSB

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

Ezekiel 30:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:20

And it came to pass in the eleventh year
Of Zedekiah's reign, and Jehoiachin's captivity; some little time after the prophecy in ( Ezekiel 19:1 ) , here the prophecies come into their order again, being interrupted by those of a much later date, at the end of the preceding chapter, and the former part of this: in the first month, in the seventh day of the month;
the month Nisan, which answers to part of March, and part of April; the seventh day must be about the twenty ninth of March; but, according to Bishop Usher ^F13, it was on the twenty sixth of April, on the third day of the week (Tuesday), in 3416 A.M. or before Christ 588: this was given out three months and two days before Jerusalem was taken: that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying;
as follows:

FOOTNOTES:

F13 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3416.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 30:20 In-Context

18 Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt; there her proud strength will come to an end. She will be covered with clouds, and her villages will go into captivity.

19 So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

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

21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword.

22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand.

Cross References 1

1. S Ezekiel 26:1; S Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1