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    Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia,[a]
and all their other allies
    will be destroyed in that war.

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  1. 30:5 Hebrew Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Cub. Cub is otherwise unknown and may be another spelling for Lub (Libya).

20 along with all the foreigners living in that land. I also gave it to all the kings of the land of Uz and the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod.

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10 “Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya[a] served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.

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  1. 27:10 Hebrew Paras, Lud, and Put.

24 I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,

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Are you any better than the city of Thebes,[a]
    situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water?
She was protected by the river on all sides,
    walled in by water.
Ethiopia[b] and the land of Egypt
    gave unlimited assistance.
The nations of Put and Libya
    were among her allies.

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  1. 3:8 Hebrew No-amon; also in 3:10.
  2. 3:9 Hebrew Cush.

37 The sword will strike her horses and chariots
    and her allies from other lands,
    and they will all become like women.
The sword will strike her treasures,
    and they all will be plundered.

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Charge, you horses and chariots;
    attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt!
Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia[a]
    who are skilled with the shield and bow!

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  1. 46:9 Hebrew from Cush, Put, and Lud.

27 For I will watch over you to bring you disaster and not good. Everyone from Judah who is now living in Egypt will suffer war and famine until all of you are dead.

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For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[a] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.

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  1. 20:4 Hebrew Cushites.

A Message about Ethiopia

18 Listen, Ethiopia[a]—land of fluttering sails[b]
    that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,

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Footnotes

  1. 18:1a Hebrew Cush.
  2. 18:1b Or land of many locusts; Hebrew reads land of whirring wings.

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