Ezekiel 29:17

Nebuchadnezzar’s Reward

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel 29:17 in Other Translations

17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

17 On April 26, the first day of the new year, during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD :

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, God's Message came to me:

17 In the twenty-seventh year in the first [month], on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 29:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 29:17

And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year
Of Jeconiah's captivity; or of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, as Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abendana, from Seder Olam Rabba ^F26, observe; though it was in the thirty fifth year of his reign that Tyre was taken by him; and after that Egypt was given him: in the first month, in the first day of the month:
the month Nisan, which answers to part of March, and part of April. According to Bishop Usher ^F1, it was on the twentieth of April, on the third day of the week (Tuesday), in 3432 A.M.or before Christ 572. Mr. Whiston ^F2 makes it to be a year sooner. This prophecy is not put in its proper place, as to order of time, since it was sixteen or seventeen years after the preceding, and the last of Ezekiel's prophecies; but is here placed, because it relates to the same subject as the former, the destruction of Egypt. The word of the Lord came unto me, saying;
as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 C. 26. p. 77.
F1 Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3432.
F2 Chronological Tables, cent. 10.

Ezekiel 29:17 In-Context

15 It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.

16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

17 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre.

19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder the land as pay for his army.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 1; S Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 40:1