Ezekiel 32:17

17 It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word 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 empty and take everything that is in the land, when I destroy all those who live in Egypt, then they will know that I am the Lord.'

16 "This is the funeral song people will sing for Egypt. The women of the nations will sing it; they will sing a funeral song for Egypt and all its people, says the Lord God."

17 It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

18 "Human, cry for the people of Egypt. Bring down Egypt, together with the women of the powerful nations; bring them down to the place of the dead below the earth to join those who go to the place of the dead.

19 Say to them: 'Are you more beautiful than others? Go lie down in death with those who are unclean.'