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Ezekiel 29:17

Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Babylon;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Ezekiel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnezzar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Ezekiel;   Jehoiachin;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Festivals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Nebuchadrezzar;   Pharaoh;   Phoenicia, PhNicians;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Ezekiel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nebuchadnezzar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
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 to me, saying,
King James Version
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,
English Standard Version
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
It was the twenty-seventh year of our captivity, in the first month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
In the twenty-seventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon], in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the seuen and twentieth yeere also in the first moneth, and in the first day of the moneth, came the word of the Lord vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Twenty-seven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the first month. He said:
Complete Jewish Bible
On the first day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year, the word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
On the first day of the first month in the twenty-seventh year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
On the first day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And then in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And it happened in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month , in the first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the xxvij. yeare, the first daye of the first Moneth, came ye worde off the LORDE vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
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 Jehovah came unto me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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:
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe in the seuen and twentieth yeere, in the first moneth, in the first day of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the twentie and seuenth yere, the first day of the first moneth, came the word of the Lorde vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
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,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was don in the seuene and twentithe yeer, in the firste monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
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 Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
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 to me, saying,
New English Translation
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
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 :
New Life Bible
On the first day of the first month in the twenty-seventh year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year in the first month on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year in the first month, in the first of the month: that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and seventh year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:
THE MESSAGE
In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has worn out his army against Tyre. They've worked their fingers to the bone and have nothing to show for it.

Contextual Overview

17 Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it. 19 For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon: he will take away her wealth, and take her goods by force and everything which is there; and this will be the payment for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his hard work, because they were working for me, says the Lord. 21 In that day I will make a horn put out buds for the children of Israel, and I will let your words come freely among them, and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3432, bc 572, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 1:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 8:1 - in the sixth year Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 30:20 - General Ezekiel 32:1 - in the twelfth Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five

Cross-References

Genesis 12:11
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
Genesis 24:16
She was a very beautiful girl, a virgin, who had never been touched by a man: and she went down to the spring to get water in her vessel.
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.
Genesis 29:2
And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.
Genesis 29:6
And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.
Genesis 29:12
And Rachel, hearing from Jacob that he was her father's relation and that he was the son of Rebekah, went running to give her father news of it.
Genesis 29:18
And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
Genesis 29:19
And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
Genesis 29:20
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Genesis 29:22
And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 z, 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 a, 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 b 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:

z C. 26. p. 77. a Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3432. b Chronological Tables, cent. 10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet places this prediction out of chronological order, that he may point out what had not been stated in the foregoing prophecy, namely, that the agent who should strike the first blow on Egypt should be the Chaldaean king, Nebuchadnezzar.

Ezekiel 29:18

Yet had he no wages - It is not improbable that the Tyrians before they surrendered their island-citadel managed to remove much of their treasure; but others exlplain the verse; that the siege and capture of Tyre is to be regarded as the “work” appointed, and the possession of Egypt as the “reward or wages” for the work.

Ezekiel 29:21

Egypt being the antagonist of the people of God, her overthrow inaugurated the triumph of good over evil.

The horn ... - Or, “an horn to bud forth to the house of Israel.”

I will give thee the opening of the mouth - When these things should begin to come to pass the prophet’s mouth should be opened to declare their meaning, and to make known the end to which all was tending.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 29:17. The seven and twentieth year — That is, of the captivity of Jeconiah, fifteen years after the taking of Jerusalem; about April 20, 3432. The preceding prophecy was delivered one year before the taking of Jerusalem; this, sixteen years after; and it is supposed to be the last which this prophet wrote.


 
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