In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Parallel translations
- KJV And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- BSB In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- NKJV And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- NASB Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- NLT On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
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Quick answer
A dated oracle introduces the word of the Lord that came to Ezekiel concerning Tyre. It anchors the prophecy in real history, underscoring its reliability.
Overview
Ezekiel often dates his oracles, here in the eleventh year of the exile, roughly the time of Jerusalem's fall. This precision shows that prophecy is not vague myth but God's word delivered at a definite moment. The opening prepares for an extended judgment against Tyre, the wealthy Phoenician trading city, demonstrating that the Lord governs even the great commercial powers of the age.
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 20:1In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
- Ezek 1:2In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- Ezek 8:1In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord Yahweh’s hand fell there on me.
- Jer 39:2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),
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