In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which Jerusalem was taken, which was the fourth month, others the month after; or perhaps it was the first month, and so it was the first day of the year. Observe here, I.
Commenting on Ezekiel 26:1-14
And it came to pass in the eleventh year,.... Of Jehoiachin's captivity and Zedekiah's reign, the same year that Jerusalem was taken: in the first day of the month; but what month is not mentioned; some have thought the first month, and so it was the first day of the year; others the fourth, the same in which the city of Jerusalem was taken; but...
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (a) Either of the captivity of Jeconiah or of the reign of Zedekiah.