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Yes, that day is near. The Day of the Lord is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time for the nations. A sword will enter Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush[a] when the slain fall in Egypt. Then they will take away its wealth, and its foundations will be demolished. Cush, Put,[b] Lud,[c] and all the other mercenaries,[d] Libya[e] and the men from the land of the covenant[f] will fall by the sword along with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:4 Cush, later called Nubia, is the territory south of Egypt. Today it is called Sudan.
  2. Ezekiel 30:5 Perhaps a region in Libya
  3. Ezekiel 30:5 Or Lydia
  4. Ezekiel 30:5 Or all the Arabs
  5. Ezekiel 30:5 The Greek text reads Libyans, perhaps reflecting an underlying Hebrew reading Lub. The Hebrew text reads Kub, a completely unknown name.
  6. Ezekiel 30:5 Apparently Israelites living in Egypt