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A Lament over the Nation and Land of Egypt

30 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] “Son of man,[c] prophesy, and you must say, ‘thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Wail, alas! For the day!
    For a day is near;
    indeed, a day is near for Yahweh.
A day of cloud,
    a time of the nations it will be.
And a sword will come in Egypt,
    and anguish will be in Cush,
at the falling of the slain in Egypt.
And they will take its wealth,
    and its foundation will be demolished.

Cush and Put and Lud and all of Arabia and Kub and the people[d] of the land of the treaty[e] with them—by the sword they will fall.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 30:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 30:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 30:5 Or “children”
  5. Ezekiel 30:5 Or “covenant”

Egypt’s Doom

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

Wail,(A) “Woe because of that day!”
For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.(B)
It will be a day of clouds,(C)
a time of doom[a] for the nations.
A sword will come against Egypt,
and there will be anguish in Cush
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and its wealth is taken away,
and its foundations are demolished.
Cush, Put, and Lud,(D)
and all the various foreign troops,[b]
plus Libya[c] and the men of the covenant land
will fall by the sword along with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 30:3 of doom supplied for clarity
  2. 30:5 Or all Arabia
  3. 30:5 Lit Cub; Hb obscure