Ezekiel 30:1 — Meaning and Application

Ezekiel 30:2

"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!"

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."

Ezekiel 30:4

"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. {pain: or, fear}"

Ezekiel 30:5

"Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. {Libya: Heb. Phut} {men: Heb. children}"

Ezekiel 30:6

"Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. {from...: or, from Migdol to Syene}"