Ezekiel 32:17

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

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Ezekiel 32:17 in Other Translations

17 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,

English Standard Version (ESV)

17 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

New Living Translation (NLT)

17 On March 17, during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD :

The Message Bible (MSG)

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, God's Message came to me:

American Standard Version (ASV)

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [day] of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

17 On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

17 It was the 15th day of a month near the end of the 12th year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. A message came to me from the Lord. He said,

Ezekiel 32:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 32:17

It came to pass also the twelfth year
Another prophecy of the like kind was delivered out the same year as before: in the fifteenth day of the month;
of the twelfth month, the month Adar, which is not here expressed, because mentioned before, ( Ezekiel 32:1 ) , it was about a fortnight after the other prophecy. The Septuagint and Arabic versions read it,

``it came to pass in the twelfth year, the first month, the fifteenth day of the month;''

according to which this prophecy was before the other, which is not to be supposed.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 32:17 In-Context

15 When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’

16 “This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.

19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’

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