Ezekiel 30:9 - Exposition

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 ) refers to " the day of Midian," so Ezekiel points to the memorable time when like tidings of the judgments that fell on Egypt carried dismay into the hearts of the surrounding nations ( Exodus 15:14 , Exodus 15:15 ).