Ezekiel 31:1

Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying:

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

In Context

2Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom art thou like in thy greatness?

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Cross References

Jeremiah 43:8Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

Jeremiah 52:5And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Ezekiel 8:1Now it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.

Ezekiel 32:32Though I suffered him to spread terror in the land of the living, Yet is he laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, With them that are slain by the sword, Even Pharaoh and all his multitude, Saith the Lord Jehovah.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 31:1

The prophecy of this chapter, as the two chapters before, is against Egypt, and designed for the humbling and mortifying of Pharaoh. In passing sentence upon great criminals it is usual to consult precedents, and to see what has been done to others in the like case, which serves both to direct and to justify the proceedings. Pharaoh stands indicted at the bar of divine justice for his pride and haughtiness, and the injuries he had done to God's people; but he thinks himself so high, so great, as not to be… Read the whole commentary →

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