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Ezekiel 30:20
In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a divine message delivered to Ezekiel in the eleventh year of his exile, specifically on the seventh day of the first month. The speaker is the LORD, addressing the prophet to announce impending judgment on Egypt.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה (be/'a.Chat 'es.Reh sha.Nah) literally reads "in one ten year," denoting the eleventh year. The verb הָיָה (ha.Yah) functions here as "it came" to mark the arrival of the divine utterance.
The thread — This chronological formula appears repeatedly in Ezekiel to date prophetic oracles, as seen in Ezekiel 26:1, Ezekiel 29:17, and Ezekiel 29:1. Each instance anchors a specific divine word to a precise historical moment in the prophet’s ministry.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that God’s judgments unfold within recorded history rather than abstract time. It requires the reader to treat prophetic words as concrete events tied to specific dates and geopolitical realities.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:17 In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 1:2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
- Ezekiel 31:1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,