Ezekiel 30:1-5

New Living Translation

A Sad Day for Egypt

30 This is another message that came to me from the Lord: ²“Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“Weep and wail
    for that day,
³for the terrible day is almost here—
    the day of the Lord!
It is a day of clouds and gloom,
    a day of despair for the nations.
⁴A sword will come against Egypt,
    and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground.
Its wealth will be carried away
    and its foundations destroyed.
The land of Ethiopia^[a] will be ravished.
⁵    Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia,^[b]
and all their other allies
    will be destroyed in that war.

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Footnotes

30:4 Hebrew Cush; similarly in 30:9.
30:5 Hebrew Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Cub. Cub is otherwise unknown and may be another spelling for Lub (Libya).