Ezekiel 32:17

17 On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

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 I will turn Egypt into a wasteland. I will take everything in the land, and I will kill all the people who live there. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'

16 "This is a funeral song. The people from the nations will sing this song. They will sing it as they mourn for Egypt and its many people," declares the Almighty LORD.

17 On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

18 "Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.

19 "[Tell them,] 'Are you more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and join the godless people.'