Ezekiel 30 · Verse 3

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 30:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 30:3 in other translations

BSBFor the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
WEBFor the day is near, even the LORD’s day is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
ASVFor the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
YLTFor near is a day, near is a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.
DARBYFor the day is at hand, yea, the day of Jehovah is at hand, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.
BBEFor the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.
WebsterFor the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

What does Ezekiel 30:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. the time of the heathen--namely, for taking vengeance on them. The judgment on Egypt is the beginning of a world-wide judgment on all the heathen enemies of God (Joe 1:15; 2:1, 2; 3:1-21; Ob 15).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 30:3 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
קָר֣וֹבka.Rov[is] nearH7138
י֔וֹםYoma dayH3117
וְקָר֥וֹבve.ka.Rovand [is] nearH7138
י֖וֹםYoma dayH3117
לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068
י֣וֹםYoma day ofH3117
עָנָ֔ן'a.Nancloud[s]H6051
עֵ֥ת'eta time ofH6256
גּוֹיִ֖םgo.YimnationsH1471
יִֽהְיֶֽה\׃Yih.Yehit will beH1961

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 30:3

  • Obadiah 1:15

    For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

  • Joel 2:1-2

    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Isaiah 24:21-23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

  • Zephaniah 1:7

    Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

  • Zechariah 14:3-19

    Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: …

  • Amos 5:16-20

    Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. …

  • Ezekiel 30:18

    At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

  • Ezekiel 7:12

    The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

  • Psalms 110:6

    He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

  • Joel 1:15

    Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  • Ezekiel 7:7

    The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

  • Ezekiel 32:7

    And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the day is.
7:7,12; Ps 37:13; Ob 1:15; Joe 2:1; Zep 1:7,14; Mt 24:33; Php 4:5
Jas 5:9; Re 6:17
a cloudy.
18; 32:7; 34:12; Ex 14:20,24; Isa 19:1; Joe 2:1,2; Am 5:16-20
the time.
29:12; Ps 110:6; 149:7-9; Isa 24:21-23; 34:2-17; Jer 25:15-29
Joe 3:11-14; Zep 3:6,7; Zec 14:3-19; Re 19:13-21

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Context

  • 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.

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Ezekiel 30:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque cerca está el día, cerca está el día del Señor; día de nublado, día de las gentes será.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car le jour est proche; oui, le jour de l’ Éternel est proche, un jour de nuées: c’est le temps des nations.
German
Elberfelder 1871
denn nahe ist der Tag; ja, der Tag Jehovas ist nahe, ein Tag des Gewölks: Die Zeit der Nationen wird er sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quia juxta est dies, et appropinquat dies Domini, dies nubis: tempus gentium erit.