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Ezekiel 26:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 26:1

Verse 1 of 21

Scripture focus

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

Ezekiel 26:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 26:1

Theological / Devotional

In the eleventh year. Of Jehoiachin’s captivity (see on ch. 1:2; see p. 572). This is the year (587/586 B.C.) in which Jerusalem fell, if it coincides with the regnal year of Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:2-4, 8, 9). The month is not given. Some think the prophecy was given after the fall of the city (see Eze. 26:2), and it could have been if Ezekiel was using a fall-to-fall year; however, the reference to the capture of the city may have been anticipatory.

The prophecies against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines were comparatively short. That against Tyre occupies three chapters (chs. 26-28); that against Egypt, the most important foreign nation denounced by Ezekiel, four chapters.

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