Ezekiel 30:5

Ethiopia and Libya and Lydia, and all the mixed multitude and Cub, and the sons of the land of the covenant with them—by the sword, shall they fall.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

In Context

4Then shall come a sword into Egypt, And there shall be a pang in Ethiopia When the deadly wounded one falleth in Egypt,- And they take away her multitude, and, her foundations, are broken down.

6Thus saith Yahweh, Then shall fall the supporters of Egypt, Then shall come down the pride of her strength, —From Migdol to Seweneh, by the sword shall they fall therein, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 12:3with twelve hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen,-and, without number, the people who came with him out of Egypt—Lybians, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.

Isaiah 20:4So, shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia young and old disrobed and barefoot, with their persons behind Uncovered the shame of Egypt.

Jeremiah 25:24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the Bedawin, who dwell in the desert;

Jeremiah 46:9Mount the horses, And drive the chariots madly on, So let the heroes, go forth,—Ethiopians and Libyans that grasp the buckler, And Lydians that grasp—that tread—the bow, But, that day, belongeth to My Lord Yahweh of hosts—

Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, Thy men of war,— Shield and helmet, hung they up within thee, They set forth thy splendour:

Nahum 3:9Ethiopia, was her strength, and Egypt—Yea, without end,—Put and Lubim, were among thy helpers.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:2-20

Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold. ( b. c. 572.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 Ethiopia,… Read the whole commentary →

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