Ezekiel 30:2

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Alas 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 again to me, saying,

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Alas the day!

3 For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Cush, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

5 Cush, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Kub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.