Catholic Public Domain Version
"And it happened that, in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "
— Ezekiel 29:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,”
“And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the firstmonth, in the firstdayof the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ”
“It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,”
“In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:”
“And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year in the first month, in the first of the month: that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:”
“Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,”
“And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,”
And I will lead back the captivity of Egypt, and I will collect them in the land of Pathros, in the land of their nativity. And in that place, they will be a lowly kingdom.
It will be the lowest among the other kingdoms, and it will no longer be exalted above the nations. And I will diminish them, lest they rule over the Gentiles.
And they will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, so that they may flee and follow them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.”
And it happened that, in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has caused his army to serve with great servility against Tyre. Every head was shaven, and every shoulder was stripped of hair. And wages have not been paid to him, nor to his army, for Tyre, for the service by which he served for me against it.
Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will station Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, in the land of Egypt. And he will take its multitude, and he will prey upon its profits, and he will plunder its spoils. And this shall be the wages for his army
and for the work by which he has served against it. I have given to him the land of Egypt, because he has labored for me, says the Lord God.