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THE MESSAGE
Ezekiel 32:1
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In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
In the twelfth year [after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken into exile by the king of Babylon], in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And in the twelfth yeere in the twelfth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,
And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Twelve 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 twelfth month. He said:
On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, the word of Adonai came to me:
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.
And then in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
In the xij. yeare, the first daye of the xij. Moneth, the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And it came about 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,
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:
And it came to passe in the twelfth yeere, in the twelft moneth, in the first day of the moneth, that the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
In the twelfth yere, the first day of ye twelfth moneth, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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,
And it was don in the tweluethe yeer, in the tweluethe monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me,
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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 to me, saying,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
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,
On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the Lord :
On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
And it came to pass, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh me unto me, saying:
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 to me, saying:
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 3417, bc 587
in the twelfth: On Wednesday, March 22, am 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity. Ezekiel 32:17, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 29:1, Ezekiel 29:17, Ezekiel 30:20
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:30 - I will Ezekiel 20:1 - in the seventh Ezekiel 24:1 - the ninth year Ezekiel 40:1 - In the five
Cross-References
Then he instructed the first one out: "When my brother Esau comes close and asks, ‘Who is your master? Where are you going? Who owns these?'—answer him like this, ‘Your servant Jacob. They are a gift to my master Esau. He's on his way.'"
God 's angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray.
The Secret Plan of God This is why I, Paul, am in jail for Christ, having taken up the cause of you outsiders, so-called. I take it that you're familiar with the part I was given in God's plan for including everybody. I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief. As you read over what I have written to you, you'll be able to see for yourselves into the mystery of Christ. None of our ancestors understood this. Only in our time has it been made clear by God's Spirit through his holy apostles and prophets of this new order. The mystery is that people who have never heard of God and those who have heard of him all their lives (what I've been calling outsiders and insiders) stand on the same ground before God. They get the same offer, same help, same promises in Christ Jesus. The Message is accessible and welcoming to everyone, across the board. This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God's way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities. And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels!
Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says—powerful words! After he finished the sacrifice for sins, the Son took his honored place high in the heavens right alongside God, far higher than any angel in rank and rule. Did God ever say to an angel, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you" or "I'm his Father, he's my Son"? When he presents his honored Son to the world, he says, "All angels must worship him." Regarding angels he says, The messengers are winds, the servants are tongues of fire. But he says to the Son, You're God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right. You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong. That is why God, your God, poured fragrant oil on your head, Marking you out as king, far above your dear companions. And again to the Son, You, Master, started it all, laid earth's foundations, then crafted the stars in the sky. Earth and sky will wear out, but not you; they become threadbare like an old coat; You'll fold them up like a worn-out cloak, and lay them away on the shelf. But you'll stay the same, year after year; you'll never fade, you'll never wear out. And did he ever say anything like this to an angel? Sit alongside me here on my throne Until I make your enemies a stool for your feet. Isn't it obvious that all angels are sent to help out with those lined up to receive salvation?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it came to pass in the twelfth year,.... Of Jeconiah's captivity, above a year and a half after the taking of Jerusalem; the Syriac version reads in the eleventh year:
in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month; the month Adar, which answers to part of our February, and part of March; the Septuagint version reads it the tenth month: according to Bishop Usher t, this was on the twenty second of March, on the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), 3417 A.M.or 587 years before Christ:
that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:
t Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3417.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In 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 Jer. 41–43. Jeremiah, who had accompanied them, foretold their ruin Jeremiah 44:0 in a prophecy probably contemporaneous with the present - the sixth against Egypt, delivered in the form of a dirge Ezekiel 44:2-16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXXII
The prophet goes on to predict the fall of the king of Egypt,
under the figure of an animal of prey, such as a lion or
crocodile, caught, slain, and his carcass left a prey to the
fowls and wild beasts, 1-6.
The figure is then changed; and the greatness of his fall
(described by the darkening of the sun, moon, and stars)
strikes terror into all the surrounding nations, 7-10.
The prophet adds, that the overthrow of the then reigning
Egyptian dynasty was to be effected by the instrumentality of
the king of Babylon, who should leave Egypt so desolate, that
its waters, (alluding to the metaphor used in the second
verse,) should run as pure and smooth as oil, without the foot
of man or the hoof of a beast to disturb them, 11-16.
A beautiful, nervous, and concise description of a land ruined
and left utterly desolate. In the remaining part of the chapter
the same event is pourtrayed by one of the boldest figures ever
attempted in any composition, and which at the same time is
executed with astonishing perspicuity and force. God is
introduced ordering a place in the lower regions for the king
of Egypt and his host, 17, 18.
The prophet delivers his messsage, pronounces their fate, and
commands those who buried the slain to drag him and his
multitudes to the subterraneous mansions, 19, 20.
At the tumult and commotion which this mighty work occasions,
the infernal shades are represented as roused from their
couches to learn the cause. They see and congratulate the king
of Egypt, on his arrival among them, 21.
Pharaoh being now introduced into this immense subterraneous
cavern, (see the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah, where a similar
imagery is employed,) the prophet leads him all around the
sides of the pit; shows him the gloomy mansions of former
tyrants, tells their names as he goes along; beautifully
contrasts their former pomp and destructive ambition, when they
were a terror to the surrounding states, with their present
most abject and helpless condition; declares that all these
oppressors of mankind have not only been cut off out of the
land of the living, but have gone down into the grave
uncircumcised, that is, they have died in their sins, and
therefore shall have no resurrection to eternal life; and
concludes with showing Pharaoh the place destined for him in
the midst of the uncircumcised, and of them that have been
slain by the sword, 22-32.
This prophetic ode may be considered as a finished model in
that species of writing which is appropriated to the exciting
of terror. The imagery throughout is sublime and terrible; and
no reader of sensibility and taste can accompany the prophet in
this funeral procession, and visit the mansions of Hades,
without being impressed with a degree of awe nearly approaching
to horror.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXXII
Verse Ezekiel 32:1. In 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 בעשתי עשרה 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.
