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The Day of the Lord

30 Another message came to me from the Lord, who had this to say:

“Son of Man, here’s what you are to prophesy and announce,

‘This is what the Lord God says:

“Wail out loud!
    Oh no! The day!

For comes now the day—
    comes now the Day of the Lord,
the day of clouds!
    The time of the gentiles[a] is fulfilled![b]

War[c] will come to Egypt,
    and Ethiopia will be in anguish
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    when her wealth is carried off,
        and her foundations are demolished.

“Ethiopia,[d] Libya,[e] descendants of[f] Lud,[g] all those who have mixed themselves,[h] and Libya[i]—along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league[j] with them—will die violently.”’”[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:3 Or nations
  2. Ezekiel 30:3 Or gentiles shall come to pass; or It shall be the time of judgment for the gentiles
  3. Ezekiel 30:4 Lit. The sword
  4. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit. Cush; the Heb. name means black
  5. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit. Put; the Heb. name means bow
  6. Ezekiel 30:5 The Heb. lacks descendants of
  7. Ezekiel 30:5 I.e., the fourth son of Shem, progenitor of the Lydians. The Heb. name Lud means strife.
  8. Ezekiel 30:5 So LXX; cf. Dan 2:43; MT reads all the twilight
  9. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit. Chub; the Heb. means horde
  10. Ezekiel 30:5 Or who have joined in a covenant
  11. Ezekiel 30:5 Lit. will fall by the sword