Ezekiel 30

Ezekiel 30 is the thirtieth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Ezekiel, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.^[1]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 26 verses.

Textual versions

Ancient Egypt (15th century BC) with major cities and neighboring countries

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text
  • Codex Cairensis (895 CE)
  • Aleppo Codex (10th century)
  • Leningrad Codex (1008-1009)

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

• Ezekiel 30:1-19 = Egypt and Her Allies Will Fall
• Ezekiel 30:20-26 = Proclamation Against Pharaoh

Verse 2

"Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

"Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’" (NKJV)^[2]

• "Son of man" (Hebrew: בן־אדם ḇen-’ā-ḏām): this phrase is used 93 times to address Ezekiel.^[3]
• "Woe" (Hebrew: הָהּ hāh): "alas!"; an interjection of sorrow.^[4][5]

Verse 21

"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt;

and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it,

to make it strong enough to hold a sword." (NKJV)^[6]

• "Pharaoh" (Hebrew: פרעה par-‘ōh; Egyptian: pr-±o, "great house"; Greek: Φαραω, Pharao): the title of ancient Egyptian kings, of royal court, and (in new kingdom) of the king, until the Persian invasion.^[7][8]

See also

• Related Bible parts: Isaiah 30, Jeremiah 44, Ezekiel 17, Ezekiel 29

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: vol. iv, Q-Z. Eerdmans. 
• Brown, Francis; Briggs, Charles A.; Driver, S. R. (1994). The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (reprint ed.). Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1565632066. 
• Clements, Ronald E (1996). Ezekiel. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252724. 
• Gesenius, H. W. F. (1979). Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Translated by Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux (7th ed.). Baker Book House. 
• Joyce, Paul M. (2009). Ezekiel: A Commentary. Continuum. ISBN 9780567483614. 

External links

Jewish

• Ezekiel 30 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Ezekiel 30 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

Christian

• Ezekiel 30 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate