English Standard Version
Ezekiel 30:2
2"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'
Ezekiel 30:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘Wail and say, “Alas for that day!”
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign Lord: “Weep and wail for that day,
Context of Ezekiel 30:2
1The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: "Wail, 'Alas for the day!' 3For 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. 4A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הֵילִ֖ילוּ הָ֥הּ לַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:2
- Ezekiel 21:12Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh.
- Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
- Isaiah 14:31Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Isaiah 15:2He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn;
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail for Moab, let everyone wail. Mourn, utterly stricken, for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
- Isaiah 23:1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 65:14behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
- Jeremiah 4:8For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us."
- Jeremiah 47:2"Thus says the Lord: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
- Joel 1:5Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
- Zephaniah 1:11Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar! For all the traders are no more; all who weigh out silver are cut off.
- Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!
- James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
- Revelation 18:10They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come."
Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Howl ye, Wo worth the day! - My Old MS. Bible, - Soule gee, woo woo to the day! ליום הה הילילו heylilu, hah laiyom ! "Howl ye, Alas for the day!" The reading in our present text is taken from Coverdale's Bible, 1536. The expressions signify that a most dreadful calamity was about to fall on Egypt and the neighboring countries, called here the "time of the heathen," or of the nations; the day of calamity to them. They are afterwards specified, Ethiopia…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. 1-26Two distinct messages: (1) At Eze 30:1-19, a repetition of Eze 29:1-16, with fuller details of lifelike distinctness. The date is probably not long after that mentioned in Eze 29:17, on the eve of Nebuchadnezzar's march against Egypt after subjugating Tyre. (2) A vision relating directly to Pharaoh and the overthrow of his kingdom; communicated at an earlier date, the seventh of the first month of the eleventh year. Not a year after the date in Eze 29:1…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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