Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Verse Takeaways
1
A Purposeful Placement
Commentators unanimously note that this is Ezekiel's last recorded prophecy, dated about 16 years after the preceding one. It is placed here not chronologically, but thematically. The author grouped prophecies against Egypt together to highlight God's specific judgment and to name Nebuchadnezzar as the agent of that judgment.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Ezekiel
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophet places this prediction out of chronological order, that he may point out what had not been stated in the previous prophecy, namely, tha…
19th Century
Anglican
In the twenty-seventh year.— This is the latest date among all Ezekiel’s prophecies and is more than sixteen years after the proph…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year Of Jeconiah's captivity; or of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, as Jarchi…
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
The besiegers of Tyre obtained little plunder. But when God employs ambitious or covetous men, he will recompense them according to the desires of …
