Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֤ים mal.'a.Khim	H4397	a messenger · noun, common masculine plural absolute
forth	יֵצְא֨וּ ye.tze.'U	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
me	מִלְּפָנַי֙ mi.le.fa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
ships	בַּצִּ֔ים ba.Tzim	H6716	a ship (as a fixture) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
careless	בֶּ֑טַח Be.tach	H983	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ethiopians	כּ֣וּשׁ kush	H3568	Cush (or Ethiopia) · proper noun, a place name
afraid	לְהַחֲרִ֖יד le.ha.cha.Rid	H2729	to shudder with terror · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
pain	חַלְחָלָ֤ה chal.cha.Lah	H2479	writhing (in childbirth) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	בְּי֣וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
cometh	בָּאָֽה ba.'Ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 18:1-2 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isaiah 23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Ezekiel 32:9-10 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not know…
Judges 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidoni…
Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel…
Isaiah 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isaiah 20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah 32:9-11 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Eze 30:2, Eze 30:3): "Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas because of the day! the terrible day! Woe and alas! For the day is near; the day we have so long dreaded, so long deserved. It is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself as a God o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:9

messengers . . . in ships to . . . Ethiopians-- (Isa 18:1-2). The cataracts interposing between them and Egypt should not save them. Egyptians "fleeing from before Me" in My execution of judgment, as "messengers" in "skiffs" ("vessels of bulrushes," Isa 18:2) shall go up the Nile as far as navigable, to announce the advance of the Chaldeans. as in the day of Egypt--The day of Ethiopia's "pain" shall come shortly, as Egypt's day came.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

Messengers go forth from me in ships - Ships can ascend the Nile up to Syene or Essuan, by the cataracts; and when Nebuchadnezzar's vessels went up, they struck terror into the Ethiopians. They are represented here as the "messengers of God."

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:9

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships,.... Either by the river Nile, or by the Red sea, to Arabia Felix, which some think is meant by Ethiopia. Cush or Ethiopia was encompassed about with water, so that there was no coming to it but by ships; see Genesis 2:13, compare with this Isaiah 18:1, the messengers here were either such who under a divine impulse, or however by the providence of God, were directed to go to Ethiopia, and tell them the news of the destruction of Egypt; or these were messengers sent by the king of Babylon, to demand a surrender of their country to him; or it may design him himself, and his army, who marched thither to subdue that country also, after the…

Dictionary and topics

Ethiopia — Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps. 68:31; 87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at…
Ethiopia · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 30:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:9

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 30:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:9

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:9

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 30:6-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 30:6-7

Rashi on Ezekiel 30:9