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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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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