The word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Wail, 'Alas for the day!' For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of the nations, beginning a lament focused on Egypt's judgment as an instance of the 'day of the Lord'—the eschatological moment when God judges all nations and establishes His rule. The invocation to wail establishes the tone of mourning, while the cosmic imagery ('day of clouds') suggests apocalyptic upheaval.

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