Ezekiel 30:3

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For near <FI>is<Fi> a day, near <FI>is<Fi> a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 30:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 14:20so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
  2. Exodus 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
  3. Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
  4. Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
  5. Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
  6. Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  7. Isaiah 13:9Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
  8. Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
  9. Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
  10. Isaiah 34:2The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
  11. Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  12. Jeremiah 25:31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
  13. Ezekiel 7:7Doom 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.
  14. Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.
  15. Ezekiel 7:12The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.
  16. Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
  17. Ezekiel 29:12I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
  18. Ezekiel 30:18The 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.
  19. Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
  20. Ezekiel 34:12As 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.
  21. Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  22. Joel 2:1Blow 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—
  23. Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
  24. Amos 5:16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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