KJV ORIGINAL
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,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, God spoke to me and said:
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God had something important to tell Ezekiel, and he was listening.
📚 Historical Context
Ezekiel was a prophet among the Jewish exiles in Babylon, and this verse introduces a prophecy he received during a time of great turmoil for Judah. The "eleventh year" likely refers to the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's exile, around 586 BC, when Jerusalem had fallen to the Babylonians and God's people were facing judgment. In this context, Ezekiel's role was to deliver divine messages that included warnings to surrounding nations like Tyre.
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