Bible Strands
Ezekiel 31:1
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third 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 exile, specifically on the first day of the third month. The following verse identifies the intended audience as Pharaoh king of Egypt and his multitude.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּ/אַחַ֤ת עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה combines בְּ/אַחַ֤ת (be./'a.Chat, "in one") and עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה ('es.Reh sha.Nah, "ten year") to literally render "in the eleventh year." The verb הָיָ֥ה (ha.Yah) immediately follows to state "it came."
The thread — This dating formula appears in Ezekiel 30:20, which uses the same eleventh year but marks the seventh day of the first month. Jeremiah 52:5 cross-references this identical eleventh year as the period when Jerusalem remained under siege.
Why it lands — The verse demands precise historical placement of a prophetic pronouncement against Egypt. It requires the reader to recognize that divine judgment operates within recorded time rather than in abstraction.
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The Hebrew words
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,
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 30:20 In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 52:5 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- Ezekiel 1:2 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—