Ezekiel 31:1

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and unto his multitude,— Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

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Cross References

Jeremiah 43:8Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah, in Tahpanhes, saying:

Jeremiah 52:5And the city came into the siege,—until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass, in the sixth year in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I being seated in my house, and the elders of Judah being seated before me, then fell upon me there the hand of My Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 32:32For I have suffered his terror to be in the land of the living, Therefore shall be laid low In the midst of the uncircumcised With them who were thrust through by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude! Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

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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