A Lament for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: (A)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(B)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
    (C)For the day is near,
    (D)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (E)a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for[a] the nations.
(F)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
    (G)and anguish shall be in (H)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and (I)her wealth[b] is carried away,
    and (J)her foundations are torn down.

(K)Cush, and (L)Put, and Lud, and (M)all Arabia, and Libya,[c] and the people of the land that is in league,[d] shall fall with them by the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for
  2. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10
  3. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  4. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant

30 The Lord’s word came to me: Human one, prophesy and say, The Lord God proclaims:

Howl! Horror for the day!
    The day is coming,
    the day of the Lord comes,
        a day of clouds: the nations’ time has come.
A sword will come into Egypt,
        and trembling will overcome Cush,
    when the slain fall in Egypt,
    its wealth carried away,
    and its foundations razed.
Cush, Put, and Lud,
    all Arabia and Cub,
    and the people from the allied country[a] with them
    will fall by the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:5 Or land of the covenant