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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,

2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

3 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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BSB
In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
KJV
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,
WEB
In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
ASV
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
DARBY
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, [that] the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
BLB
And it came to pass in the eleventh [month of the twelfth] year, on the first of the month, [that] came the word of YHWH to me, saying:
ÅB
I det ellevte år, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til meg, og det lød så:
OTB
I det ellevte året, på den første dagen i måneden, kom Herrens budskap til meg:
B1930
I det ellevte år, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til mig, og det lød så:

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  • Ezekiel 20:1

    In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

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  • Jeremiah 39:2

    And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

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  • Ezekiel 1:2

    On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—

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  • Ezekiel 8:1

    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

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