Ezekiel 32:1

In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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

In Context

2“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, ‘You were likened to a young lion of the nations; yet you are as a monster in the seas. You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.’”

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Cross References

Isaiah 19:19In that day, there will be an altar to the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

Jeremiah 46:1The LORD’s word which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

Ezekiel 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 GOD’s hand fell on me there.

Ezekiel 29:17It came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 31:1In the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 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 defeated!”

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 32:1

Still we are upon the destruction of Pharaoh and Egypt, which is wonderfully enlarged upon, and with a great deal of emphasis. When we read so very much of Egypt's ruin, no less than six several prophecies at divers times delivered concerning it, we are ready to think, Surely there is some special reason for it. And, I. Perhaps it may look as far back as the book of Genesis, where we find ( ch. xv. 14 ) that God determined to judge Egypt for oppressing his people; and, though that was in part fulfilled in the… Read the whole commentary →

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