In the tenth day of the month. — Jehoiachin’s captivity (by which all these prophecies are dated) coincided with Zedekiah’s reign. The date here given is therefore the same as in Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4; 2 Kings 25:1, and was afterwards observed by the Jews as a fast (Zechariah 8:19). It was doubtless the day on which the investment of the city was completed.
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Ezekiel 24:1
1 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,