Ezekiel 30:20
in Ezekiel 30In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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ASV
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
KJV
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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This verse in Ezekiel 30
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Ezekiel 30:20-26
(Verse 20 and following) And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month (Vulgate adds 'of the month'), in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, that it may be tied with bandages, and clothed with strips (or to receive a healing plaster): and having taken hold of strength, he might hold the sword.
This site's exposition
in the eleventh year
on Ezekiel 30:20-22
A new date opens a fresh oracle within the chapter, the eleventh year, roughly three months after Jerusalem's wall was breached, and the image shifts from cities to a single body, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. The arm already broken, from an earlier failed relief attempt, is declared beyond healing, no roller to bind it, no strength to hold a sword, while the sound arm is now broken too, behold, I am against Pharaoh, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken. Gill reads the double image, one arm already broken and the other about to be, as Egypt's total military failure stated as a diagnosis before it is stated as a sentence.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The eleventh year - Of Jeconiah's captivity, three months and two days before Jerusalem was taken, about the time that the Egyptians attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day - This was the eleventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and the date here answers to April 26, A.M. 3416; a prophecy anterior by several years to that already delivered. In collecting the writings of Ezekiel, more care was taken to put all that related to one subject together, than to attend to chronological arrangement.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֗י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּאַחַ֤ת | beachat | in one [plus] | H259 → | 971 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵה֙ | ʾesreh | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן | barishon | in the first [month] | H7223 → | 182 times |
| בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה | beshivah | on [day] seven | H7651 → | 394 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 |
וַיְהִ֗יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בְּאַחַ֤תin one [plus]
beachatH259 →971 times
עֶשְׂרֵה֙ten
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןin the first [month]
barishonH7223 →182 times
בְּשִׁבְעָ֣הon [day] seven
beshivahH7651 →394 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 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 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 20:1
Through
Ezekiel 29:17In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 1:2
On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
Reached by 4 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 1:2
Through
Ezekiel 29:1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- 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 26:1
In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:17
Through
Ezekiel 1:2On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
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 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:1
In 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- Ezekiel 8:1
Through
Ezekiel 31:1In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 52:5–6
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- Jeremiah 52:5–6
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.