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Lamentation for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, prophesy, and say: Thus says the Lord God:

Wail, “Alas for the day!”(A)
    For a day is near,
    the day of the Lord is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
    a time of doom[a] for the nations.(B)
A sword shall come upon Egypt,
    and anguish shall be in Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
    and its wealth is carried away,
    and its foundations are torn down.(C)

Cush and Put and Lud and all the mixed populations and Libya[b] and the people of the allied land[c] shall fall with them by the sword.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 30.3 Heb lacks of doom
  2. 30.5 Compare Gk Syr Vg: Heb Cub
  3. 30.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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