Ezekiel 30:2

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“Son of man, prophesy and say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Wail,“Alas, the day is here!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.
  • Ezek 21:12 : 12 Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.
  • Joel 1:11 : 11 Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished.
  • Zeph 1:11 : 11 Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.
  • Zech 11:2 : 2 Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen.
  • Jas 5:1 : 1 Warning to the Rich Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
  • Rev 18:10 : 10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,“Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”
  • Isa 16:7 : 7 So Moab wails over its demise– they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
  • Isa 23:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
  • Isa 23:6 : 6 Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
  • Isa 65:14 : 14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
  • Jer 4:8 : 8 So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying,‘The fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us!’”
  • Jer 47:2 : 2 “Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.
  • Isa 14:31 : 31 Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

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  • 1 A Lament Over Egypt The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

  • 6 Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.

  • 15 How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    14 The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.

    15 That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

  • 18 The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

  • 4 Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”

  • 16 Because of Israel’s sins this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:“In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.

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    17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

    18 “Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the Pit.

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    1 The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:

    2 “Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

  • Ezek 34:1-2
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    1 A Prophecy Against False Shepherds The LORD’s message came to me:

    2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them– to the shepherds:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

  • Ezek 27:1-2
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    1 A Lament for Tyre The LORD’s message came to me:

    2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

  • 1 The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 12 Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

  • 8 The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 A Prophecy Against Tyre In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 6 “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

  • 12 At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

  • 15 Ezekiel’s Wife Dies The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 34 Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery.

  • 1 A Cedar in Lebanon In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 21 The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 False Prophets Denounced Then the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 23 “‘After all of your evil–“Woe! Woe to you!” declares the Sovereign LORD–

  • 1 A Prophecy Against Egypt In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 Prophecy Against Mount Seir The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 27 “Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying,‘The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.’

  • 1 The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!

  • 20 A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 5 For the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill.

  • 7 Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.

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    23 The LORD’s message came to me:

    24 “Son of man, say to her:‘You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

  • 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • 1 A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 3 The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The Sovereign LORD is speaking.“There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”

  • 10 I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

  • 1 Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 10 On that day,” says the LORD,“a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the city’s newer district, and a loud crash from the hills.

  • 1 Ezekiel Israel’s Watchman The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

  • 1 Blessings on the Mountains of Israel“As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say:‘O mountains of Israel, listen to the LORD’s message!

  • 1 The Boiling Pot The LORD’s message came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: