Ezekiel 31:1

Pharaoh to Be Slain

1 ¹In 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:

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Ezekiel 31:1 In-Context

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

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: “Whom are you like in your greatness?

3 Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds.

4 The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall, making its rivers flow around the place of its planting, sending forth its streams to all the trees of the field.

5 So it towered high above all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches long from abundant water in its shoots.

Cross References

• 1. 31:1 See ch. 20:1