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Contemporary English Version

Ezekiel 29:1

Ten years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the twelfth day of the tenth month. He said:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Tebeth;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nile;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Pharaoh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezekiel;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ṭebet;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
It was the tenth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
In the tenth year [of the captivity of King Jehoiachin by the king of Babylon], in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
In the tenth yeere, and in the tenth moneth in the twelfth day of the moneth, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Complete Jewish Bible
On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year, the word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], on the twelfth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
IN the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
In the tenth year, in the tenth month , in the twelfth of the month, the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the x. yeare, vpon the xij. daye off the x. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:
American Standard Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
In the tenth yeere, in the tenth moneth, in the twelft day of the moneth, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the tenth yere, vpon the twelft day of the tenth moneth, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the tenthe yeer, in the tweluethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide,
Update Bible Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
On January 7, during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
On the twelfth day of the tenth month in the tenth year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,
THE MESSAGE
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Pharaoh king of Egypt. Preach against him and all the Egyptians. Tell him, ‘ God , the Master, says: "‘Watch yourself, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. I'm dead set against you, You lumbering old dragon, lolling and flaccid in the Nile, Saying, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's mine." I'll set hooks in your jaw; I'll make the fish of the Nile stick to your scales. I'll pull you out of the Nile, with all the fish stuck to your scales. Then I'll drag you out into the desert, you and all the Nile fish sticking to your scales. You'll lie there in the open, rotting in the sun, meat to the wild animals and carrion birds. Everybody living in Egypt will realize that I am God . "‘Because you've been a flimsy reed crutch to Israel so that when they gripped you, you splintered and cut their hand, and when they leaned on you, you broke and sent them sprawling—Message of God , the Master—I'll bring war against you, do away with people and animals alike, and turn the country into an empty desert so they'll realize that I am God . "‘Because you said, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's all mine," therefore I am against you and your rivers. I'll reduce Egypt to an empty, desolate wasteland all the way from Migdol in the north to Syene and the border of Ethiopia in the south. Not a human will be seen in it, nor will an animal move through it. It'll be just empty desert, empty for forty years. "‘I'll make Egypt the most desolate of all desolations. For forty years I'll make her cities the most wasted of all wasted cities. I'll scatter Egyptians to the four winds, send them off every which way into exile. "‘But,' says God , the Master, ‘that's not the end of it. After the forty years, I'll gather up the Egyptians from all the places where they've been scattered. I'll put things back together again for Egypt. I'll bring her back to Pathros where she got her start long ago. There she'll start over again from scratch. She'll take her place at the bottom of the ladder and there she'll stay, never to climb that ladder again, never to be a world power again. Never again will Israel be tempted to rely on Egypt. All she'll be to Israel is a reminder of old sin. Then Egypt will realize that I am God , the Master.'" 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. "Therefore, God , the Master, says, ‘I'm giving Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He'll haul away its wealth, pick the place clean. He'll pay his army with Egyptian plunder. He's been working for me all these years without pay. This is his pay: Egypt. Decree of God , the Master. "‘And then I'll stir up fresh hope in Israel—the dawn of deliverance!—and I'll give you, Ezekiel, bold and confident words to speak. And they'll realize that I am God .'"

Contextual Overview

1 Ten years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the twelfth day of the tenth month. He said: 2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt. Tell him and his people 3 that I am saying: King of Egypt, you were like a giant crocodile lying in a river. You acted as though you owned the Nile and made it for yourself. But now I, the Lord God, am your enemy! 4 I will put a hook in your jaw and pull you out of the water, and all the fish in your river will stick to your scaly body. 5 I'll throw you and the fish into the desert, and your body will fall on the hard ground. You will be left unburied, and wild animals and birds will eat your flesh. 6 Then everyone in Egypt will know that I am the Lord . You and your nation refused to help the people of Israel and were nothing more than a broken stick. 7 When they reached out to you for support, you broke in half, cutting their arms and making them fall.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3415, bc 589, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 40:1

Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:1 - Egypt Jeremiah 25:19 - Pharaoh Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Jeremiah 46:2 - Against Egypt Jeremiah 46:24 - she shall Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 30:20 - General Ezekiel 32:1 - in the twelfth

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
Soon after that, the servant loaded ten of Abraham's camels with valuable gifts. Then he set out for the city in northern Syria, where Abraham's brother Nahor lived.
Genesis 25:20
and he was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria. Almost twenty years later,
Genesis 29:5
Then he asked, "Do you know Nahor's grandson Laban?" "Yes we do," they replied.
Genesis 29:7
Jacob told them, "Look, the sun is still high up in the sky, and it's too early to bring in the rest of the flocks. Water your sheep and take them back to the pasture."
Genesis 29:20
Jacob worked seven years for Laban, but the time seemed like only a few days, because he loved Rachel so much.
Genesis 29:23
But that evening he brought Leah to Jacob, who married her and spent the night with her.
Numbers 23:7
Balaam said: "King Balak of Moab brought me from the hills of Syria to curse Israel and announce its doom.
Judges 6:3
Every time the Israelites would plant crops, the Midianites invaded Israel together with the Amalekites and other eastern nations.
Judges 6:33
All the Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern nations got together and crossed the Jordan River. Then they invaded the land of Israel and set up camp in Jezreel Valley.
Judges 7:12
The camp was huge. The Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern nations covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. And it would be easier to count the grains of sand on a beach than to count their camels.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,.... In the tenth year Jeconiah's captivity, and Zedekiah's reign. The Septuagint version has it, the twelfth year; and the Arabic version, the twelfth month; and the Septuagint version again, the first day of the month; and the Vulgate Latin, the eleventh day of it. This month was the month Tebet, and answers to part of December, and part of January. This prophecy was delivered before that concerning Tyre, though placed after it, because fulfilled after it, which gave Nebuchadnezzar Egypt as a reward for besieging and taking Tyre:

the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The tenth year - Jerusalem had been besieged, but not taken. Jeremiah delivered his prophecy against Egypt, about the time when the approach of Pharaoh Hophra’s army caused the Chaldaeans for the time to raise the siege Jeremiah 37:5. This was the solitary instance of Egypt meddling with the affairs of Palestine or Syria after the battle of Carchemish (compare 2 Kings 24:7); it met with speedy punishment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIX

This and the three following chapters foretell the conquest of

Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar, which he accomplished in the

twenty-seventh year of Jehoiachin's captivity. The same event

is foretold by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 46:13, c.

The prophecy opens with God's charging the king of Egypt

(Pharaoh-hophra) with the same extravagant pride and profanity

which were in the preceding chapter laid to the charge of the

prince of Tyre. He appears, like him, to have affected Divine

honours and boasted so much of the strength of his kingdom,

that, as an ancient historian (Herodotus) tells us, he

impiously declared that God himself could not dispossess him.

Wherefore the prophet, with great majesty, addresses him under

the image of one of those crocodiles or monsters which

inhabited that river, of whose riches and revenue he vaunted;

and assures him that, with as much ease as a fisherman drags

the fish he has hooked, God would drag him and his people into

captivity, and that their carcasses should fall a prey to the

beasts of the field and to the fowls of heaven, 1-7.

The figure is then dropped; and God is introduced denouncing,

in plain terns, the most awful judgments against him and his

nation, and declaring that the Egyptians should be subjected to

the Babylonians till the fall of the Chaldean empire, 8-12.

The prophet then foretells that Egypt, which was about to be

devastated by the Babylonians, and many of the people carried

into captivity, should again become a kingdom; but that it

should never regain its ancient political importance; for, in

the lapse of time, it should be even the BASEST of the

kingdoms, a circumstance in the prophecy most literally

fulfilled, especially under the Christian dispensation, in its

government by the Mameluke slaves, 13-16.

The prophecy, beginning at the seventeenth verse, is connected

with the foregoing, as it relates to the same subject, though

delivered about seventeen years later. Nebuchadnezzar and his

army, after the long siege of Tyre, which made every head bald

by constantly wearing their helmets, and wore the skin of off

every shoulder by carrying burdens to raise the fortifications,

were disappointed of the spoil which they expected, by the

retiring of the inhabitants to Carthage. God, therefore,

promises him Egypt for his reward, 17-20.

The chapter concludes with a prediction of the return of the

Jews from the Babylonish captivity, 21.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIX

Verse Ezekiel 29:1. In the tenth year — Of Zedekiah; and tenth of the captivity of Jeconiah.

The tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month — Answering to Monday, the first of February, A.M. 3415.


 
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