Ezekiel tells about a message that Yahweh gave him.

## the Word of Yahweh came to me and said ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 3:16](../03/16.md).

## Son of man ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 2:1](../02/01.md).

## prophesy and say ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 21:8](../21/08.md).

## thus says the Lord Yahweh ##

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 5:5](../05/05.md).

## Wail! ##

"Cry out with grief." This command is to Egypt and the nations around Egypt.

## Woe is the coming day ##

"That day is very frightening" or "Very bad things will happen on that day"

## The day is near ##

It was implied that "the day" was the time when the people would wail.  Alternate translation: "It will soon be the day when you will wail." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## The day is near for Yahweh ##

It is implied that on that day, Yahweh will punish people. Alternate translation: "It will soon be the day when Yahweh will punish people."

## a day of clouds ##

Alternate translations: "It will be like a day with dark clouds" or "It will be frightening like a day with dark clouds." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]).

## a time of doom for nations ##

Alternate translations: "a time when terrible things will happen to the nations" or "It will be a time when the people of the nations will suffer"