Hesekiel 30:9

9 An jenem Tage werden Boten von mir in Schiffen ausfahren, um das sichere Äthiopien zu erschrecken; und große Angst wird unter ihnen sein am Tage Ägyptens; denn siehe, es kommt! -

Hesekiel 30:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships
Either by the river Nile, or by the Red sea, to Arabia Felix, which some think is meant by Ethiopia. Cush or Ethiopia was encompassed about with water, so that there was no coming to it but by ships; see ( Genesis 2:13 ) , compare with this ( Isaiah 18:1 Isaiah 18:2 ) , the messengers here were either such who under a divine impulse, or however by the providence of God, were directed to go to Ethiopia, and tell them the news of the destruction of Egypt; or these were messengers sent by the king of Babylon, to demand a surrender of their country to him; or it may design him himself, and his army, who marched thither to subdue that country also, after the conquest of Egypt. So the Targum,

``at that time messengers shall go forth from before me with legions;''

and because all this was by the appointment and providence of God, they are represented as messengers sent by him: to make the careless Ethiopians afraid;
with the news of the fall of Egypt their confederate, and of a mighty army coming against them; who had dwelt securely and confidently, at ease and unconcerned, without any sense of danger, or fear of any enemy: and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt;
either as of old, when the plagues were on Egypt, and especially when they were drowning in the Red sea; or as of late, when the sword was in Egypt, and ravaging there: for, lo, it cometh;
the same day was coming on them as came on Egypt, the day of the Lord, a cloudy one, and the time of the Heathen; it was certain, just at hand, and there was no escaping it; see ( Ezekiel 30:3 Ezekiel 30:4 ) .

Hesekiel 30:9 In-Context

7 Und sie werden verwüstet liegen inmitten verwüsteter Länder, und seine Städte werden inmitten verödeter Städte sein.

8 Und sie werden wissen, daß ich Jehova bin, wenn ich Feuer anlege in Ägypten und alle seine Helfer zerschmettert werden.

9 An jenem Tage werden Boten von mir in Schiffen ausfahren, um das sichere Äthiopien zu erschrecken; und große Angst wird unter ihnen sein am Tage Ägyptens; denn siehe, es kommt! -

10 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Ja, ich werde dem Getümmel Ägyptens ein Ende machen durch die Hand Nebukadrezars, des Königs von Babel.

11 Er und sein Volk mit ihm, die Gewalttätigsten der Nationen, werden herbeigeführt werden, um das Land zu verderben; und sie werden ihre Schwerter ziehen wider Ägypten und das Land mit Erschlagenen füllen.