In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
God sets this prophecy against Egypt at the very moment when the Egyptians were tempting the Jews to rely on them instead of the Lord. Mark the mercy in it: He lets us foresee the failure of every earthly prop just when we are most prone to lean on it, so we may cease from man and trust only in Him.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 29:1-7
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,.... In the tenth year Jeconiah's captivity, and Zedekiah's reign. The Septuagint version has it, the twelfth year; and the Arabic version, the twelfth month; and the Septuagint version again, the first day of the month; and the Vulgate Latin, the eleventh day of it.
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (a) That is, of the captivity of Jeconiah, or of the reign of Zedekiah. Of the order of these prophecies, and how the former sometimes stands after the latter.See Geneva "Jer 27:1"