Ezekiel 30

Ezekiel · Chapter 30

Ezekiel 30:5

1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!3For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.4And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.7And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.9In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.22Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
Cushכּ֣וּשׁkushH3568A
Cush

כּוּשׁ (kush) § Cush = "black" the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)

and Putוּפ֤וּטu-FUTH6316H
Put

פּוּט (put) Phut or Put = "a bow" a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans Also named: pul (פּוּל "Pul" H6322H)

and Ludוְלוּד֙ve-LUDH3865
Lud

לוּד (lud) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775) and Aram (H0758) Also named: lu.di (לוּדִי "Lydian" H3866H) § Lud or Lydia = "strife" 1) the 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians n patr 2) descendants of Lud the son of Shem who settled in northern Africa

and everyוְכָל־ve-kholH3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

the foreignerהָעֶ֣רֶבha-'E-revH6154A
Arabia

עֵ֫רֶב (e.rev) mixture, mixed people, mixed company Another spelling of a.rav (עֲרָב "Arabia" H6152B)

and Libyaוְכ֔וּבve-KHUVH3552
Libya

כּוּב (kuv) probably located in northern Africa; maybe same as 'Lybia' or 'Lub' Another spelling of lu.vi (לוּב "Libyan" H3864)

and [the] sons ofוּבְנֵ֖יu-ve-NEIH1121GNo entry
[the] land ofאֶ֣רֶץ'E-retzH0776G
land: country/planet

אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) : country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth …

the covenantהַבְּרִ֑יתha-be-RITH1285
covenant

בְּרִית (be.rit) 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

with themאִתָּ֖ם'i-TAMH0854
with

אֵת (et) 1) with, near, together with 1a) with, together with 1b) with (of relationship) 1c) near (of place) 1d) with (poss.) 1e) from...with, from (with other prep)

by the swordבַּחֶ֥רֶבba-CHE-revH2719
sword

חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

they will fallיִפֹּֽלוּ׃ פyi-PO-luH5307J
to fall: fall

נָפַל (na.phal) : fall/drop/fail 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall …

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.