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“Mortal man,” he said, “prophesy and announce what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying. You are to shout these words:

A day of terror is coming!
The day is near, the day when the Lord will act,
A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
There 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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).

“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)

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Footnotes

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