Ezekiel 30:2

2 "Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says: Wail:^[a] Alas for the day!

Ezekiel 30:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord God
Prophesy against Egypt's king and inhabitants, and in the name of the Lord thus speak against them: howl ye;
ye Egyptians, and also ye Ethiopians, and all others after named, which should share in the destruction of Egypt; this is said to give them notice of it, and prepare them for it: woe worth the day!
or, "alas for the day!" ^F4 O the unhappy day! what a sad dismal day is this! O that we should ever live to see such wretched times!

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Mwyl hh) "bah diei", Munster, Vatablus; "heu diei", Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 30:2 In-Context

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

2 "Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says: Wail: Alas for the day!

3 For a day is near; a day belonging to the Lord is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time [of doom] for the nations.

4 A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, and its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

5 Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various foreign troops, plus Libya and the men of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with them.

Footnotes

• [a] Ezk 21:12; Isa 13:6; Jl 1:13