Bible Strands
Ezekiel 39:8
Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks to Israel through Ezekiel, positioned between the promise to vindicate His holy name among the nations and the instruction to burn captured weapons for seven years.
The words — The verse anchors on הִנֵּ֤ה (hi.Neh), literally "there!" or "behold," and הַ/יּ֖וֹם (hai./Yom), literally "the day," which together frame a specific, previously announced moment of divine action.
The thread — This declaration of an arriving day parallels the prophetic warnings in Ezekiel 38:17 and Ezekiel 7:2, while its theme of God's immediate arising matches Isaiah 33:10.
Why it lands — The text states that a spoken divine word will certainly occur, requiring the reader to treat prophetic announcements as fixed historical events rather than conditional possibilities.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 38:17 This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?
- Isaiah 33:10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
- Ezekiel 7:2 “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- 2 Peter 3:8 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- Revelation 16:17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
- Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.