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Ezekiel 29:1

In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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,
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:
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 tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt: 3 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself. 4 But I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales: and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all thy fish shall stick to thy scales. 5 And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall upon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be taken up, nor gathered together: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the air. 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins.

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
And he took ten camels of his master’s herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.
Genesis 25:20
Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.
Genesis 29:5
And he asked them, saying: Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? They said: We know him.
Genesis 29:7
And Jacob said: There is yet much day remaining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again: first give the sheep drink, and so lead them back to feed.
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.
Genesis 29:23
And at night he brought in Lia, his daughter, to him,
Numbers 23:7
And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.
Judges 6:3
And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up:
Judges 6:33
Now all Madian, and Amalec, and the eastern people, were gathered together, and passing over the Jordan, camped in the valley of Jezrael.
Judges 7:12
But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people, lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts: their camels also were innumerable, as the sand that lieth on the sea 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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