King James Version
Ezekiel 26:1 in the King James Version says “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,” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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,”
Ezekiel 26:1 · 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,
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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