Ezekiel 32:17

Ezekiel 32:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
• New King James Version (NKJV)It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Context of Ezekiel 32:17

15I 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. 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.’

Ezekiel 32:17 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It came to pass also in the twelfthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• It came to pass also in the twelfthשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• in the fifteenthחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• came unto me, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:17

• Ezekiel 32:1On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year, the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
• Ezekiel 1:2On the fifth day of the month, during the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiakin,

Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17In the twelfth year - Two of Kennicott's MSS., one of De Rossi's, and one of my own, (that mentioned Ezekiel 32:1;), have, in the Eleventh year; and so has the Syriac, as before. This prophecy concerns the people of Egypt.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The seventh prophecy against Egypt Ezekiel 31:18. The figure is the same as in Ezekiel 32:1).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-32Verses 17-32 Divers nations are mentioned as gone down to the grave before Egypt, who are ready to give her a scornful reception; these nations had been lately ruined and wasted. But though Judah and Jerusalem were about this time ruined and laid waste, yet they are not mentioned here. Though they suffered the same affliction, and by the same hand, yet the kind design for which they were afflicted, and the mercy God reserved for them, altered its nature…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-32This final message against Egypt brings the whole series of messages to a close. It gathers together the main themes from God’s judgments against all the nations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. The second lamentation for Pharaoh. This funeral dirge in imagination accompanies him to the unseen world. Egypt personified in its political head is ideally represented as undergoing the change by death to which man is liable. Expressing that Egypt's supremacy is no more, a thing of the past, never to be again. the month--the twelfth month (Eze 32:1); fourteen days after the former vision.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 32:17

• Prophecy

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings