Ezekiel 30:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Ezek. 30:2, 3): ?Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships ,.... Either by the river Nile, or by the Red sea, to Arabia Felix, which some think is meant by Ethiopia. Cush or Ethiopia was encompassed about with water, so that there was no coming to it but by ships; see Genesis 2:13 , compare with this Isaiah 18:1 , the messengers here were either such who under a divine impulse, or however by the providence of God, were directed to go to Ethiopia, and tell them the news of the destruction of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 30:9

Messengers go forth from me in ships - Ships can ascend the Nile up to Syene or Essuan, by the cataracts; and when Nebuchadnezzar's vessels went up, they struck terror into the Ethiopians. They are represented here as the "messengers of God." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

The Lord's day in Egypt. The Lord's day is the day in which God comes nearest to men and manifests himself. Whether he will come as our Friend or as our Foe depends on our state of mind towards him. He has not abandoned the race of men. They are on trial, undergoing discipline. Now and again he comes near, either in his radiant robes of grace or in solemn aspect as an impartial Judge. Even when he approaches nations in the latter character, he gives premonitions of his coming, and this is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers , etc. The whole passage seems an echo of Isaiah 18:2 . The ships are those that bear the tidings of the conquest of Lower Egypt to the upper valley of the Nile. The careless Ethiopians are so named as confiding in their remoteness from the scene of action. They thought themselves safe, and were lulled into a false security (comp. Isaiah 32:9-11 and Zephaniah 2:15 , for a like rendering of the verb). As in the day of Egypt. As Isaiah ( Isaiah 9:4 )... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

The careless Ethiopians. These people who were heedless of the coming danger that threatened them in common with great Egypt may serve as a type of the careless generally. I. THE PREVALENCE OF CARELESSNESS . These "careless Ethiopians" are not rare specimens of an obscure class. We have not to go to Africa, nor to antiquity, for the like of them. The genus to which they belong is far from extinct even in this age of anxiety and energy. Note the various forms which carelessness... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 30:9

Careless Ethiopians - The Ethiopians, who were dwelling in fancied security Zephaniah 2:15, shall tremble at Egypt’s ruin. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:6-9

Ezekiel 30:6-9. They also that uphold Egypt shall fall By this seems to be meant the governors of the several provinces, those who are called the stay of the tribes thereof, Isaiah 19:13; that is, of the several Nomi, or districts of Egypt. From the tower of Syene shall they fall This should rather be rendered, from Migdol to Syene. See note on Ezekiel 29:10. When I have set a fire in Egypt When I shall have kindled up the flame of war in Egypt. God’s judgments are often compared... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-26

Desolation of Egypt (30:1-26)God’s coming judgment on Egypt will be a day of terror for other nations besides Egypt (30:1-3), because when Egypt falls many of its neighbouring allies will suffer also (4-5). These allies will be terrified as news reaches them of the calamities in Egypt. The invading army will overrun Egypt from north to south, killing the people and burning their cities (6-8). The people in neighbouring Ethiopia (NIV: Cush; GNB: Sudan) will be terror-stricken, knowing that they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 30:9

from Me = frorn before Me. in ships . Going up the Nile. The Septuagint reads "hastening" or "running"; but note that Ethiopia sent messengers in ships to promise help to Judah, but Jehovah sent His messengers in ships to prophesy her judgment. as in the day . Many codices (including the Hillel Codex, A.D. 600, quoted in the Masserah), with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "in the day". Other codices. with seven early printed editions and Aramaean, read "as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 30:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 30:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:6-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 30:9

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