Ezekiel 30:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Messengers

Careless

Great

Lo

Ezekiel 33:33

Amos 4:2

General references

Ezekiel 30:16

Bible References

Messengers

Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all

Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of

Cush,

And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a

sign and token against Egypt and

Cush,

“You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”

Careless

and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of

unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,

“And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the Lord.

Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Rise up, you women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;

Give ear to my word,

You complacent daughters.

“Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’

“Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,
Which lives securely,” declares the Lord.
“It has no gates or bars;
They dwell alone.

This is the exultant city
Which dwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a desolation,
A resting place for beasts!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss

And wave his hand in contempt.

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

Great

“A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in Ethiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They take away her wealth,
And her foundations are torn down.

Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.

‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They are troubled in countenance.

“I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the Lord of hosts which He is purposing against them.

When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea.

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the impenetrable forest has come down.

Lo

So when it comes to pass—as surely it will—then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst.”

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When they will take you away with meat hooks,
And the last of you with fish hooks.

General references

“I will set a fire in Egypt;

Sin will writhe in anguish,

Thebes will be breached

And Memphis will have distresses daily.