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Ezekiel 30:4-6
New English Translation
Ezekiel 30:4-6
New English Translation
4 A sword will come against Egypt
and panic will overtake Ethiopia
when the slain fall in Egypt
and they carry away her wealth
and dismantle her foundations.
5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners,[a] Libya, and the people[b] of the covenant land[c] will die by the sword along with them.
6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
Egypt’s supporters will fall;
her confident pride will crumble.[d]
From Migdol to Syene[e] they will die by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:5 tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here.
- Ezekiel 30:5 tn Heb “sons.”
- Ezekiel 30:5 tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).
- Ezekiel 30:6 tn Heb “come down.”
- Ezekiel 30:6 sn Syene is known as Aswan today.
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