King James Version
Ezekiel 30:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!”
Ezekiel 30:2 · KJV
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
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“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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