Ezekiel 30:3

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 word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!” For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations. 4A sword will come against Egypt and panic will overtake Ethiopia when the slain fall in Egypt and they carry away her wealth and dismantle her foundations. 5Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them.

Ezekiel 30:3 word by word

כִּֽי־קָר֣וֹב י֔וֹם וְקָר֥וֹב י֖וֹם לַֽיהוָ֑ה י֣וֹם עָנָ֔ן עֵ֥ת גּוֹיִ֖ם יִֽהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• nearקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• a cloudyעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051
• it shall be the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:3

• Ezekiel 7:7Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.
• Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.
• Obadiah 1:15“For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
• Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the Lord is about to come. Indeed, it is near!
• Zephaniah 1:7Be silent before the Lord God, for the Lord’s day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.
• Matthew 24:33So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.
• Philippians 4:5Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!
• James 5:9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
• Revelation 6:17because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
• Ezekiel 30:18In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
• Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
• Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
• Exodus 14:20It came between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp; it was a dark cloud and it lit up the night so that one camp did not come near the other the whole night.
• Isaiah 19:1Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
• Amos 5:16Because of Israel’s sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: “In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
• Ezekiel 29:12I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

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

Topics related to Ezekiel 30:3

• Day

In the dictionaries

• Deadly
• Egypt
• Cloud
• Isaiah
• Joel (2)
• Near, Nigh

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