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# General Information:
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God speaks as if he were to break Pharaoh's arm, and of the army not being able to become strong again as if Pharaoh's arm could not be healed.
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# Then it came about
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This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story.
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# in the eleventh year
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This is the eleventh year after King Jehoiachin was taken into exile in Babylon. See Ezekiel 26:1.
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# in the first month, in the seventh day of the month
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"in the seventh day of the first month." This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The seventh day is near the beginning of April on Western calendars.
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# the word of Yahweh came
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This introduces something that God told his prophets or his people. See Ezekiel 3:16. "Yahweh spoke this message" |