Cush, Put, and Lud,(A)
and all the various foreign troops,[a]
plus Libya[b] and the men of the covenant land
will fall by the sword along with them.
This is what the Lord says:
Those who support Egypt will fall,
and its proud strength will collapse.
From Migdol to Syene
they will fall within it by the sword.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
They will be desolate
among[c] desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
among ruined[d] cities.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 30:5 Or all Arabia
  2. 30:5 Lit Cub; Hb obscure
  3. 30:7 Or be the most desolate of
  4. 30:7 Or will be the most ruined of

Cush and Libya,(A) Lydia and all Arabia,(B) Kub and the people(C) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.(D)

“‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘The allies of Egypt will fall
    and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan(E)
    they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
“‘They will be desolate
    among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
    among ruined cities.(F)

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