Ezekiel 30:3-9

Good News Translation

³The day is near, the day when the Lord will act,
A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
⁴There will be war in Egypt
And great distress in Ethiopia.^[a]
Many in Egypt will be killed;
The country will be plundered
And left in ruins.

⁵“That war will also kill the soldiers hired from Ethiopia,^[b] Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, and even from among my own people.”

⁶The Lord says, “From Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all Egypt's defenders will be killed in battle. Egypt's proud army will be destroyed. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. ⁷The land will be the most desolate in the world, and its cities will be left totally in ruins. ⁸When I set fire to Egypt and all her defenders are killed, then they will know that I am the Lord.

⁹“When that day comes and Egypt is destroyed, I will send messengers in ships to arouse the unsuspecting people of Ethiopia,^[c] and they will be terrified. That day is coming!”

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 30:4 Hebrew Cushite (Cush): Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew Cushite (Cush): Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew Cushite (Cush): Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).