# in the eleventh year

"in the eleventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin"

# on the first day of the month

"on day 1 of the month." It is uncertain which month of the Hebrew calendar Ezekiel meant.

# the word of Yahweh came

"Yahweh spoke this message". This introduces something that God told his prophets or his people. See Ezekiel 3:16.