Bible Strands
Ezekiel 30:3
For 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers this oracle on behalf of the Lord GOD to the exiled community, immediately following a command to wail for the approaching day of judgment.
The words — קָר֣וֹב (ka.Rov) translates literally as "near," appearing twice to emphasize the immediacy of י֥וֹם לַֽ/יהוָ֑ה (Yom la/Yahweh), the "day of Yahweh."
The thread — This declaration echoes Obadiah 1:15, which extends the nearness of the Day of the LORD to all nations, and Joel 2:1, which pairs the day's proximity with a call to alarm in Zion.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment is imminent and universally directed, requiring immediate attention rather than delay or complacency.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Cross-references
- Obadiah 1:15 For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
- Joel 2:1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- Isaiah 24:21 In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- Ezekiel 7:7 Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
- Ezekiel 7:12 The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
- Ezekiel 30:18 The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 34:12 As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Zephaniah 1:14 The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
- Psalms 110:6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.