Ezekiel 30 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
Ezekiel 30:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 30:2 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
WEB“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
ASVSon of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!
YLT‘Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, ha! for the day!
DARBYSon of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, Alas for the day!
BBESon of man, be a prophet, and say, These are the words of the Lord: Give a cry, Aha, for the day!
WebsterSon of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Alas the day!

What does Ezekiel 30:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Eze 30:1-26. Continuation of the Prophecies against Egypt.

Two distinct messages: (1) At Eze 30:1-19, a repetition of Eze 29:1-16, with fuller details of lifelike distinctness. The date is probably not long after that mentioned in Eze 29:17, on the eve of Nebuchadnezzar's march against Egypt after subjugating Tyre. (2) A vision relating directly to Pharaoh and the overthrow of his kingdom; communicated at an earlier date, the seventh of the first month of the eleventh year. Not a year after the date in Eze 29:1, and three months before the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. 2. Woe worth the day!--that is, Alas for the day!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Howl ye, Wo worth the day! - My Old MS. Bible, - Soule gee, woo woo to the day! הילילו הה ליום heylilu, hah laiyom! "Howl ye, Alas for the day!" The reading in our present text is taken from Coverdale's Bible, 1536. The expressions signify that a most dreadful calamity was about to fall on Egypt and the neighboring countries, called here the "time of the heathen," or of the nations; the day of calamity to them. They are afterwards specified, Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and Chub, and the mingled people, probably persons from different nations, who had followed the ill fortune of Pharaoh-hophra or Pharaoh-apries, when he fled from Amasis, and settled in Upper Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 30:1-19

A prophecy against Egypt. (Ezek 30:1-19) Another. (Ezek 30:20-26) Verses 1-19 The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is very full. Those who take their lot with God's enemies, shall be with them in punishment. The king of Babylon and his army shall be instruments of this destruction. God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another. No place in the land of Egypt shall escape the fury of the Chaldeans. The Lord…

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Ezekiel 30:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֕ם'a.DamhumankindH120
הִנָּבֵא֙hi.na.Ve'prophesyH5012
וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ve.'A.mar.taand you will sayH559
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הֵילִ֖ילוּhei.Li.luwailH3213
הָ֥הּhahalas!H1929
לַיּֽוֹם\׃lai.Yomfor the dayH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 30:2

  • Isaiah 13:6

    Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Ezekiel 21:12

    Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

  • Joel 1:11

    Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

  • Joel 1:5

    Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Isaiah 15:2

    He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

  • Jeremiah 47:2

    Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

  • Isaiah 65:14

    Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

  • James 5:1

    Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

  • Jeremiah 4:8

    For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

  • Revelation 18:10

    Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  • Isaiah 23:6

    Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

  • Isaiah 14:31

    Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Howl.
21:12; Isa 13:6; 14:31; 15:2; 16:7; 23:1,6; 65:14; Jer 4:8; 47:2
Joe 1:5,11; Zep 1:11; Zec 11:2; Jas 5:1; Re 18:10

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Context

  • Ezekiel 30:1

    The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 30:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo del hombre, profetiza, y di: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Aullad: ¡Ay del día!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Fils d’homme, prophétise, et dis: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Hurlez: Ah! quel jour!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Menschensohn, weissage und sprich: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Heulet! Wehe der Tag!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fili hominis, propheta, et dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ululate: Væ, væ diei!