John Trapp Complete Commentary
Ezekiel 30:3
For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ver. 3. A cloudy day.] Heb., A day of a cloud, which was rarely seen in Egypt.
For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ver. 3. A cloudy day.] Heb., A day of a cloud, which was rarely seen in Egypt.
THE TIME OF THE PAGAN - The time when the pagan (Egyptians) shall be judged....
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...
THE DAY OF THE LORD. See notes on Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6. and Revelation 1:10. THE TIME of, &c.: i.e. the season in which their power shall be judged and broken. HEATHEN. nations....
THE DAY IS NEAR— The _day_ of the Lord implies a day of sacrifice and vengeance upon his enemies. The destruction of Babylon, described in such awful terms, as if all nature suffered by the shock, is...
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...
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. IT SHALL BE THE TIME OF THE HEATHEN - namely, for taking vengeance on them. The judgment on...
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
THE TIME OF THE HEATHEN. — The judgment upon Egypt is but an individual instance, and is symbolic of general judgment upon all merely worldly power. Her fall is one step in the general overthrow of wh...
כִּֽי ־קָרֹ֣וב יֹ֔ום וְ קָרֹ֥וב יֹ֖ום לַֽ
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...
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...
FOR THE DAY IS NEAR,.... The day of Egypt's destruction, the time fixed for it: EVEN THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR; the day appointed by him, and in which he would make himself known by the judgments h...
_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...
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...
THE DAY; the time of such distresses, as never the like known by you. NEAR; it will begin in your overthrow in the Cyrenian and Libyan deserts in very little time next it will continue in your civil w...
Ezekiel 30:3 day H3117 near H7138 day H3117 LORD H3068 near H7138 day H3117 clouds H6051 time H6256 Gentiles...
‘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...
THE DAY OF THE LORD day (of Jehovah) (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 2:12). _...
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...
Amos 5:16; Exodus 14:20; Exodus 14:24; Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:18;
A cloudy day — So times of trouble are called. Of the heathen — The time when God will reckon with the Heathens....