Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 30:3

"For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations." — Ezekiel 30:3 (ASV)

The time of the heathen: The judgment upon Egypt is but an individual instance, and is symbolic of general judgment upon all merely worldly power. Her fall is one step in the general overthrow of whatever exalts and opposes itself to God. Very similar to Ezekiel 30:2-3 are the prophecies in Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:9; Joel 1:13; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:2; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7; Zephaniah 1:14.