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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 30:3 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Eze 30:3 |
King James |
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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; Joe 2:1-2; Joel 3:1-21; Oba 1:15). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The time of the pagan - The time when the pagan (Egyptians) shall be judged. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
the day of the Lord
day (of Jehovah)
(See Scofield) - (Isa 2:12). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
A cloudy day - So times of trouble are called. Of the heathen - The time when God will reckon with the Heathens. |
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.
1 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;
2 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.
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: