Ezekiel 30:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴There will be war in Egypt
And great distress in Ethiopia.^[a]
Many in Egypt will be killed;
The country will be plundered
And left in ruins.

⁵“That war will also kill the soldiers hired from Ethiopia,^[b] Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, and even from among my own people.”

⁶The Lord says, “From Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all Egypt's defenders will be killed in battle. Egypt's proud army will be destroyed. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 30:4 Hebrew Cushite (Cush): Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew Cushite (Cush): Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).