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Ezekiel 30:3
3Yes, that day will be very soon. It is the day of the Lord. It will be a day of dark clouds, when the Lord will punish the nations.
Ezekiel 30:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
- New International Version (NIV)For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the day is near, Even the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
Context of Ezekiel 30:3
1The Lord gave this message to me: 2‘Son of man, prophesy to the people. Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Weep and cry aloud, ‘Help! The day of great trouble is coming!’ Yes, that day will be very soon. It is the day of the Lord. It will be a day of dark clouds, when the Lord will punish the nations. 4An enemy army will attack Egypt. The people of Ethiopia will be afraid. Many people in Egypt will die in the battle. Enemies will carry away Egypt's riches. They will knock down Egypt's buildings. 5Soldiers from other nations will also die in the battle. They are soldiers from Ethiopia, Put, Lydia, Libya, and Arabia, as well as men who belong to my own people.
Read all of Ezekiel 30Ezekiel 30:3 word by word
כִּֽי־קָר֣וֹב י֔וֹם וְקָר֥וֹב י֖וֹם לַֽיהוָ֑ה י֣וֹם עָנָ֔ן עֵ֥ת גּוֹיִ֖ם יִֽהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:3
- Ezekiel 7:7You people who live in the land will now receive terrible punishment. The day for that to happen is very near. There will be no more sound of happy parties on the mountains. Instead there will be shouts of fear.
- Psalms 37:13But my Lord laughs at those wicked people, because he knows that their day of punishment will come.
- Obadiah 1:15The day of the Lord will come soon for all the world's people. God will do to you what you did to other people. God will be angry with you because you did those things to them.
- Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people on the Lord's hill that they must watch for trouble. All the people who live in this country will be afraid. They will be afraid because the day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.
- Zephaniah 1:7Be quiet! The Lord God is here. It will soon be the day of the Lord. The Lord has made his sacrifice ready. He has made the people ready who will give the sacrifice to him.’
- Matthew 24:33In the same way, you will see all these strange things happening. Then you will know that the Son of Man will come very soon. He will be like someone at the door who is ready to come in.
- Philippians 4:5Be kind and patient in a way that everyone can see. Remember that the Lord is near.
- James 5:9My Christian friends, do not complain against each other. If you do, God will punish you. So be careful! He is the Judge and he is ready now to judge people.
- Revelation 6:17Their great day has come. They will punish us because they are so angry. Nobody will be able to escape.’
- Ezekiel 30:18It will be a very dark day in Tahpanhes when I destroy Egypt's strength. Egypt will not be proud of her great power any more. A dark cloud will cover the land. Enemies will take away the people from Egypt's villages as prisoners.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I completely destroy you, I will cover the sky and make the stars become dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud. The moon will no longer give any light.
- Ezekiel 34:12I will be like a shepherd who looks everywhere to find his lost sheep. I will find them and I will rescue them. I will bring them back from the places that they have run away to. It was a dark day with many clouds when they ran away.
- Exodus 14:20It stood between the Egyptian army and the Israelite army. During the whole night, the Egyptians were in the dark, because of the cloud. But the cloud gave light to the Israelites. So the two armies did not come near to each other during the whole night.
- Isaiah 19:1This is a message about Egypt. Look! The Lord is coming to Egypt! He is riding quickly on a cloud and he will soon arrive! The idols of Egypt will shake with fear when he comes. All the people in Egypt will be very afraid.
- Amos 5:16The Lord, the Lord God Almighty says, ‘All the people will be sad. They will weep and cry loudly in all the streets. They will tell the farmers to weep with them. They will tell the singers to sing sad songs for them.
- Ezekiel 29:12Egypt will become like a desert among empty lands. Its cities will be empty for 40 years, among cities that have become heaps of stones. I will cause the Egyptians to go and live among other nations in places far away.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The time of the pagan - The time when the pagan (Egyptians) shall be judged.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19This third message against Egypt is written as a lament (a poem of sorrow). It repeats much of the earlier message in Ezekiel 29:1–16. God would judge Egypt and its allies. The nation would fall under his judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the time of the heathen--namely, for taking vengeance on them. The judgment on Egypt is the beginning of a world-wide judgment on all the heathen enemies of God (Joe 1:15; 2:1, 2; 3:1-21; Ob 15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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