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Ezekiel 32:1
1On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
Ezekiel 32:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Context of Ezekiel 32:1
On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: 2“Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message: “You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are really just a sea monster, heaving around in your own rivers, stirring up mud with your feet. 3Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send many people to catch you in my net and haul you out of the water.
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וַֽיְהִי֙ בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה בִּשְׁנֵי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֖דֶשׁ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it came to pass in the twelfthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- And it came to pass in the twelfthשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- in the twelfth monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- in the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- came unto me, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
Cross-references for Ezekiel 32:1
- Ezekiel 32:22“Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword.
- Ezekiel 32:17On March 17, during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 1:2This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity.
- Ezekiel 29:1On January 7, during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
- Ezekiel 30:20On April 29, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
Commentaries on Ezekiel 32:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month - On Wednesday, March 22, the twelfth year of the captivity of Jeconiah, A.M. 3417. Instead of the twelfth year, five of Kennicott's MSS., and eight of De Rossi's, read עשרה בעשתי in the eleventh year. This reading is supported by the Syriac; and is confirmed by an excellent MS. of my own, about four hundred years old.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the twelfth month - About one year and seven months after the destruction of Jerusalem. In the meantime had occurred the murder of Gedaliah and the flight into Egypt of the Jews left behind by the Chaldaeans Ezekiel 44:2-16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The fall of Egypt. (Ezek 32:1-16) It is like that of other nations. (Ezek 32:17-32) Verses 1-16 It becomes us to weep and tremble for those who will not weep and tremble for themselves. Great oppressors are, in God's account, no better than beasts of prey. Those who admire the pomp of this world, will wonder at the ruin of that pomp; which to those who know the vanity of all things here below, is no surprise. When others are ruined by sin, we have to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month: This event happened two months after the exiles in Babylon learned about Jerusalem's fall (see Ezekiel 33:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. The twelfth year from the carrying away of Jehoiachin; Jerusalem was by this time overthrown, and Amasis was beginning his revolt against Pharaoh-hophra.Read the comment
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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
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