Ezekiel 31:1
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New International Version (©2011)
In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

New Living Translation (©2007)
On June 21, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

English Standard Version (©2001)
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: "

International Standard Version (©2012)
On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

NET Bible (©2006)
In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
On the first day of the third month in the eleventh year, the LORD spoke his word to me. He said,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

American King James Version
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 to me, saying,

American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month , in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, the third month, the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

English Revised Version
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,

Webster's Bible Translation
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 to me, saying,

World English Bible
It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying:

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:1-9 The falls of others, both into sin and ruin, warn us not to be secure or high-minded. The prophet is to show an instance of one whom the king of Egypt resembled in greatness, the Assyrian, compared to a stately cedar. Those who excel others, make themselves the objects of envy; but the blessings of the heavenly paradise are not liable to such alloy. The utmost security that any creature can give, is but like the shadow of a tree, a scanty and slender protection. But let us flee to God for protection, there we shall be safe. His hand must be owned in the rising of the great men of the earth, and we must not envy them. Though worldly people may seem to have firm prosperity, yet it only seems so.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - In the eleventh year, etc. June, B.C. 586. Two months all but six days had passed since the utterance of Ezekiel 30:20-26, when Ezekiel was moved to expand his prediction of the downfall of Egypt into a parable which is partly a replica of these in Ezekiel 17. and Ezekiel 19:1-14, and which also finds a parallel in Daniel 4:10-14.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in the eleventh year,.... Of Zedekiah's reign, and Jeconiah's captivity:

in the third month, in the first day of the month: the month Sivan, which began on the twentieth of our May, and answers to part of May, and part of June; this was about seven weeks after the former prophecy, and about five weeks before the destruction of Jerusalem; according to Bishop Usher (n), this was on the nineteenth of June, on the first day of the week, in 3416 A.M. or before Christ 588:

that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; as follows:

(n) Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3416.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 31

Eze 31:1-18. The Overthrow of Egypt Illustrated by That of Assyria.

Not that Egypt was, like Assyria, utterly to cease to be, but it was, like Assyria, to lose its prominence in the empire of the world.

1. third month—two months later than the prophecy delivered in Eze 30:20.

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Egypt will Fall Like Assyria
1And 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 to me, saying, 2Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom are you like in your greatness? 3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. …

Jeremiah 52:5 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 52:6 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
Ezekiel 30:20 In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 30:26 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
Ezekiel 33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has fallen!"