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30 Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
    For the day is near,
    even Yahweh’s day is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
    a time of the nations.
A sword will come on Egypt,
    and anguish will be in Ethiopia,
    when the slain fall in Egypt.
They take away her multitude,
    and her foundations are broken down.

“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”

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A Lament Over Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Wail(A) and say,
    “Alas for that day!”
For the day is near,(B)
    the day of the Lord(C) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.
A sword will come against Egypt,(D)
    and anguish will come upon Cush.[a](E)
When the slain fall in Egypt,
    her wealth will be carried away
    and her foundations torn down.(F)

Cush and Libya,(G) Lydia and all Arabia,(H) Kub and the people(I) of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:4 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9