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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ezekiel 29:1

In the x. yeare, vpon the xij. daye off the x. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:

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,
Contemporary English Version
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:
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,
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 In the x. yeare, vpon the xij. daye off the x. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayege: 2 O thou sonne off ma, set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off Egipte, Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst the whole lode of Egipte: 3 Speake, and tell him, thus saieth the LORDE God: beholde, o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte, I wil vpo the, thou greate whall fysh, yt lyest in yi waters: Thou yt sayest: the water is myne, I haue made it myself. 4 I wil put an hoke in thy chawes, & hage all the fish in thy waters vpo thy skales: after yt I wil drawe the out of thy waters, yee & all the fish, of ye waters that hange vpon thy skales. 5 I wil cast the out vpon the dry lode with the fish of thy waters, so that thou shalt lye vpon the felde. Thou shalt not be gathered ner taken vp, but shalt be meate for the beestes of the felde, & for the foules off the ayre: 6 that all they which dwell in Egipte, maye knowe, that I am the LORDE: because thou hast bene a staff of rede to the house of Israel. 7 When they toke holde of ye wt their hode thou brakest and prycdest them on euery syde: and yff they leaned vpo the, thou brakest, ad hurtdest the reynes of their backes.

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
So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed, and had wt him of all maner of goodes of his master, and gat him vp, and departed vnto Mesopotamia, to the cite of Nahor.
Genesis 25:20
Isaac was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel ye Syrian of Mesopotamia, & Sister of Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 29:5
He sayde vnto them: Knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor? They answered: We knowe him well.
Genesis 29:7
He sayde: It is yet hye daye, & is not yet tyme to dryue in the catell: geue the shepe to drynke, & go youre waye, & fede them.
Genesis 29:20
So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel, and they semed vnto him but few dayes, he loued her so well.
Genesis 29:23
But at eue he toke his doughter Lea, and brought her in vnto him, and he laye wt her.
Numbers 23:7
Then toke he vp his parable, & sayde: Balac the kynge of the Moabites hath caused to fet me out of Syria from the moutaynes towarde the East, (& sayde:) Come, curse me Iacob: come, defye me Israel.
Judges 6:3
And whan Israel sowed eny thinge, ye Madianites and Amalechites, and the children towarde the south came vp vpon them, and pitched their tetes agaynst them,
Judges 6:33
Whan ye Madianites now & ye Amalechites, & the childre towarde the south had gathered the selues together, & were passed thorow (Iordane) & had pitched their tentes in the valley of Iesrael,
Judges 7:12
And ye Madianites and Amalechites, and all the children of the south, had layed them selues beneth in the valley, as a multitude of greshoppers, and their Camels were not to be nombred for multitude, eue as the sonde on ye see shore.

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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