Ezekiel 30:2

2 fili hominis propheta et dic haec dicit Dominus Deus ululate vae vae diei

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 et factum est verbum Domini ad me dicens

2 fili hominis propheta et dic haec dicit Dominus Deus ululate vae vae diei

3 quia iuxta est dies et adpropinquavit dies Domini dies nubis tempus gentium erit

4 et veniet gladius in Aegyptum et erit pavor in Aethiopia cum ceciderint vulnerati in Aegypto et ablata fuerit multitudo illius et destructa fundamenta eius

5 Aethiopia et Lybia et Lydii et omne reliquum vulgus et Chub et filii terrae foederis cum eis gladio cadent