Ezekiel 30:2
'Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, ha! for the day!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day
In Context
1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
3For near [is] a day, near [is] a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:6Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.
Isaiah 15:2He hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places — to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads [is] baldness, every beard cut off.
Isaiah 23:1The Burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For it hath been destroyed, Without house, without entrance, From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them.
Isaiah 65:14Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl.
Jeremiah 47:2'Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.
Joel 1:5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:2-20
Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold. ( b. c. 572.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Howl ye, Woe worth 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 Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia,… Read the whole commentary →