Ezekiel 30:1-3

Ezekiel was to wail and bemoan the fact that the day of the Lord was near. It would be a dark day for several nations since it would involve judgment for them. "The day of the Lord" is any day in which God acts in a dramatic way in history. The phrase "the day of the Lord" usually describes an eschatological day, but that is not its meaning here as is clear from what follows (Ezekiel 30:9; cf. Ezekiel 7:7; cf. Ezekiel 7:10; Lamentations 2:21-22). This judgment would come on Egypt soon.