Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ezekiel 30:2
Howl ye, inhabitants of Egypt, and whoso are near enough in friendship and alliances to fall under the like calamities. Woe worth the day! Ah the day! O sad and miserable times.
Howl ye, inhabitants of Egypt, and whoso are near enough in friendship and alliances to fall under the like calamities. Woe worth the day! Ah the day! O sad and miserable times.
Verse Ezekiel 30:2. _HOWL YE, WO WORTH THE DAY!_] My Old MS. Bible, - _Soule gee,_ _woo woo to the day!_ הילילו הה ליום heylilu, hah laiyom! "Howl ye, Alas for the day!" The reading in our present te...
Ezekiel 29-30. First Egypt's desolation is announced (Ezekiel 29:1). The king of Egypt addressed in this prophecy was Pharaoh-Hophra, called in Greek, Apries. He was the grandson of Pharaoh-Necho, who...
EZEKIEL 30. THE DESOLATION OF EGYPT. The interrupted denunciation of Egypt is resumed. The neighbours and allies will be involved in her ruin, which is to be effected by Nebuchadrezzar and his terribl...
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. WORTH. This is the past tense (_weorth_) of Anglo-Saxon _weorthan_, to become. It means Woe he t...
III THE IMMINENT FALL OF EGYPT 30:1-19 TRANSLATION (1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord GOD: Wail, woe be the day! (3) For the day...
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! WOE WORTH THE DAY! - i:e., Alas for the day!...
THE INVASION OF EGYPT BY NEBUCHADREZZAR No special enemy of Egypt has been mentioned in Ezekiel 29:1, but the king of Babylon is now pointed out as its conqueror....
§ 3. EGYPT (EZEKIEL 29-32) The most of this series of prophecies against Egypt are connected with dates during the siege of Jerusalem, the time when Ezekiel was silent as a prophet of Israel. They wer...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 30 THE ATTACK ON EGYPT – EZEKIEL 30:1-19 V1 The *LOR
בֶּן ־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְ אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה א
EGYPT Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:1; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1 EGYPT figures in the prophecies of Ezekiel as a great world-power
The third prophecy described the process by which Nebuchadnezzar would accomplish the purpose of Jehovah. It opens with an introductory word announcing the nearness of the day of the Lord, and foretel...
_Day of vengeance, (Calmet) when the Lord shall judge, (1 Corinthians v. 2.) and Egypt shall fall a prey to the most powerful nation of the Chaldeans. (Worthington)_...
The language is very solemn, and the subject very affecting. Indeed the horrors of war in any and every nation are enough to make all men howl, and cry woe worth the day....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29, 30, 31, AND 32. Chapter s 29-32 contain the judgment of Egypt. Egypt sought, in the self-will of man, to take the place which God had in fact given to Neb...
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 Ethio...
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! Ver. 2. _Woe worth the day._] _Ah! de die ista._ This shall be the voice much more of reprobates at that last "day o...
_Thus saith the Lord, Howl ye_, &c. The prophet addresses the inhabitants of Egypt. _Wo worth the day_ Ah! the day: alas! what sad times are approaching. _Even the day of the Lord_ The time of God's v...
Son of man, prophesy and say, in another message directed against Egypt, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, HOWL YE! WOE WORTH THE DAY! or, "Alas for the day!" V 3. FOR THE DAY IS NEAR, EVEN THE DAY OF THE LORD...
ANNOUNCING THE DOOM UPON EGYPT AND ITS ALLIES...
1-19 The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is very full. Those who take their lot with God's enemies, shall be with them in punishment. The king of Babylon and his army shall be instruments of thi...
Ezekiel 30:2 Son H1121 man H120 prophesy H5012 (H8734) say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) Lord...
‘The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying, “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Howl, alas the day, for the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near, a day of clouds, it will be the time of the nations. A...
CONTENTS: Egypt in the day of Jehovah. God against Pharaoh in the war with Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Nothing can protect a provoking people when God com...
Ezekiel 30:5. _Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia_ or Ludd. These allies of Egypt fell alike under the Assyrians, justly called “the bloody Assyrians.” The western shores of the Nile were then fertile distric...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 30:1 The third of the seven anti-Egypt oracles is the only undated one. It is comprised of four related prophecies. Each is introduced by THUS SAYS THE LORD (vv....
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 30:2 The cry of THE DAY (v. Ezekiel 30:2) and the announcement that THE DAY IS NEAR (v....
THE DOOM OF EGYPT (Chap. 30) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—This chapter contains two distinct messages: Ezekiel 30:1 being an extension, with more life-like detail, of the prophecy announced in chap. Ezekiel 29:1...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 30:1 THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME AGAIN, etc. The section that follows, ending with Ezekiel 30:18, is exceptional as standing without a date. It may be either (1) a continuation of t...
In chapter 30: The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! (Ezekiel 30:1-2) So he is going around howling, "Wo...
Ezekiel 21:12; Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 14:31; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 16:7;...
Ye — Inhabitants of Egypt....