Ezekiel 30:3 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 30:3

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 he executed: Kimchi observes, that, the same year this prophecy was delivered, Egypt was given into the hands of the king of Babylon: a cloudy day ; or; "a day of cloud" F5 יום ענן "dies nubis", V. L. Pagniaus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius. ; which was seldom seen in Egypt in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-3

A cloudy day. As in the case of Tyre, the denunciation of Divine Judgments against Egypt is succeeded by a lamentation for the doleful results of those judgments. Pity follows wrath. The terrible condition that fills the prophet's mind with dismay is full of more pressing warning when it is such as to excite the deepest commiseration. The advent of Divine chastisement is always a cloudy day. I. PROGNOSTICATIONS OF A CLOUDY DAY . The dreadful day has not yet come; but the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-3

The day of the Lord. There is in this expression, which occurs in various parts of this book of prophecy, a certain vagueness which is not inconsistent with grandeur and sublimity. The prophet's own mind was evidently impressed with the fact that, whilst every day is an occasion for the manifestation of the Divine presence among men, there are days which are peculiarly the Lord's, because connected in an especial manner with the purposes of the Eternal with regard to the sons of time. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-7

The day of desolation. To what extent we are to take the prophet's description of the "woe" that was to overtake Egypt in a strictly external sense must (as said before on Ezekiel 29:16 ) depend on our principle of biblical interpretation, together with our reading of ancient history. For the purpose of religious edification it is enough that we accept these words as a picture of the desolation to which a course of guilt, whether national or individual, may be expected to lead. I. ... 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 30:3

The day of the Lord . Here, as everywhere (see note on Ezekiel 13:5 ), the words stand for any time in which the Divine judgments manifest themselves in the world's history. Of it Ezekiel says, following in the footsteps of Joel ( Joel 2:2 ), that it shall be a day of cloud , i.e. of darkness and trouble; a day of the heathen , i.e. a time in which the heathen who had exulted in the punishment of Israel should know that the Lord was their Judge also, that he had his "day"... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 30:3

The time of the pagan - The time when the pagan (Egyptians) shall be judged. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:2-4

Ezekiel 30:2-4. 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 vengeance, wherein he will manifest his sore displeasure against Egypt and its allies; a cloudy day A day that shall be dismal with calamities. Times of trouble have often this appellation. It shall be the time of the heathen Wherein they shall be punished. Great pain... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 30:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 30:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-26

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