Also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
Parallel translations
- KJV It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- BSB In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- NKJV It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
- NASB In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- NLT On March 17, during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the Lord:
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Quick answer
A further dated oracle comes to Ezekiel two weeks later, continuing the lament over Egypt. The precise timing again marks the word as historically given.
Overview
This second dated word in the same month introduces the famous descent-into-Sheol passage. The careful dating, characteristic of Ezekiel, authenticates the prophecy as delivered before fulfillment. What follows pictures Egypt joining the great fallen empires in the realm of the dead.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 32:1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
- Ezek 1:2In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- Ezek 33:21In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
- Ezek 31:1In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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