Ezekiel 32:17

17 In the 1twelfth * year, on the 2fifteenth * of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezekiel 32:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:17

It came to pass also the twelfth year
Another prophecy of the like kind was delivered out the same year as before: in the fifteenth day of the month;
of the twelfth month, the month Adar, which is not here expressed, because mentioned before, ( Ezekiel 32:1 ) , it was about a fortnight after the other prophecy. The Septuagint and Arabic versions read it,

``it came to pass in the twelfth year, the first month, the fifteenth day of the month;''
according to which this prophecy was before the other, which is not to be supposed.

Ezekiel 32:17 In-Context

15 "When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD .
16 "This is a lamentation and they shall chant it. The daughters of the nations shall chant it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall chant it," declares the Lord GOD.
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
18 "Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;
19 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.'

Cross References 2

  • 1. Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 33:21
  • 2. Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 33:21
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