King James Version
Ezekiel 30:3 in the King James Version says “For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · 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
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
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For 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
“For 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
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“For 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
“of the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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