20And 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,
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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,
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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 the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-26)This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infectâ—without accomplishing their purpose ; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ag…
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