Key Verse Spotlight
Ezekiel 30:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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 30:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
For the day {is} near, even the day of the LORD {is} near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
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}
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}
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