Ezekiel 31:1

1 On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

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 On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

2 “Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes: “To whom would you compare your greatness?

3 You are like mighty Assyria, which was once like a cedar of Lebanon, with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade and with its top high among the clouds.

4 Deep springs watered it and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant. The water flowed around it like a river, streaming to all the trees nearby.

5 This great tree towered high, higher than all the other trees around it. It prospered and grew long thick branches because of all the water at its roots.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew On the first day of the third month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on June 21, 587 ; also see note on 1:1 .