Ezekiel 29:1
in Ezekiel 29In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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ASV
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
KJV
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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This verse in Ezekiel 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Ezekiel 29:1-2
(Chap. XXIX.—Vers. 1, 2.) In the tenth year (or according to the LXX, the twelfth), in the tenth month (or, according to the Hebrew, the twelfth), on the first (or one) day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt, and say: Thus says the Lord God.
This site's exposition
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month
on Ezekiel 29:1-2
The date is exact, the tenth year, tenth month, twelfth day, which the commentators reckon to January of 587 BC, months before Jerusalem finally fell, and Ezekiel's oracles against the nations are consistently anchored this way to real days rather than left as vague poetry. Egypt draws the Lord's face against her because Zedekiah had leaned on Pharaoh's army for help against the Babylonian siege, the same alliance Jeremiah condemns in Jerusalem at the very same hour. The word against Egypt and the word against Judah's own false confidence run on parallel tracks in these years, two prophets in two places naming the same broken reed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 Jer 37:5. This was the solitary instance of Egypt meddling with the affairs of Palestine or Syria after the battle of Carchemish (compare 2Ki 24:7); it met with speedy punishment.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּשָּׁנָה֙ | bashanah | in the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| הָעֲשִׂירִ֔ית | haasirit | <the> tenth | H6224 → | 29 times |
| בָּעֲשִׂרִ֕י | baasiri | in the tenth [month] | H6224 → | 29 times |
| בִּשְׁנֵ֥ים | bishneim | on [day] two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַ֥י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
בַּשָּׁנָה֙in the year
bashanahH8141 →877 times
הָעֲשִׂירִ֔ית<the> tenth
haasiritH6224 →29 times
בָּעֲשִׂרִ֕יin the tenth [month]
baasiriH6224 →29 times
בִּשְׁנֵ֥יםon [day] two [plus]
bishneimH8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֖רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָיָ֥הit came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
דְבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַ֥יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 20:1In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:1
In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 29:17
In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 31:1
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 32:1
In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 8:1
Through
Ezekiel 26:1In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:1
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 1:2
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:1
Through
Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 33:21
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
- Ezekiel 33:21
Through
Ezekiel 1:2On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:12–15
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…
- 2 Kings 24:12–15
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.