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,”
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,
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Behold, 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.
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“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,”
“And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.”
“And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me.”
“Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,”
“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,”