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The Cloudy Day of YHWH: Temporal Markers and Prophetic Syntax in Ezekiel 30:3
כִּֽי־קָרֹ֣וב יֹ֔ום וְקָרֹ֥וב יֹ֖ום לַֽיהוָ֑ה יֹ֣ום עָנָ֔ן עֵ֥ת גֹּויִ֖ם יִֽהְיֶֽה׃
(Ezekiel 30:3)
For the day is near, the day of YHWH is near, a day of cloud; it shall be the time of the nations.
Ezekiel 30:3 comes within a prophetic oracle against Mitsrayim (Egypt), where YHWH speaks of an impending judgment not only upon Egypt but on all surrounding nations. This verse forms the crescendo of the opening movement of Ezekiel 30 and functions as a theologically charged proclamation of the Day of YHWH.… Learn Hebrew
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