"It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth {day} of the month, {that} the word of the LORD came unto me,…" — Ezekiel 32:17

Ezekiel 32:17 · KJV

“It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth {day} of the month, {that} the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,”

— Ezekiel 32:17

Verse 16

This {is} the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, {even} for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse 18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, {even} her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

Ezekiel 32 — Context

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I {am} the LORD. {destitute...: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof}

This {is} the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, {even} for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth {day} of the month, {that} the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, {even} her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Cross References

Ezekiel 32:1

And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first {day} of the month, {that} the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 1:2

In the fifth {day} of the month, which {was} the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

Ezekiel 33:21

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, {that} one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Ezekiel 31:1

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,