Ezekiel 30:4-6

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⁴A sword will come against Egypt!
People in Ethiopia will shake with fear, when Egypt falls.
The army of Babylon will take the Egyptians as prisoners.
Egypt’s foundations will be torn down.

⁵“‘Many people made peace agreements with Egypt. But all those people from Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya, and the people of Israel^[a] will be destroyed!

⁶“‘This is what the Lord says:
Those who support Egypt will fall!
    The pride in her power will end.
The people in Egypt will be killed in battle,
    all the way from Migdol to Aswan.
    This is what the Lord God said!

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 30:5 people of Israel Literally, “sons of the agreement.” This might mean “all the people who made peace agreements with Egypt,” or it might mean “Israel, the people who made the agreement with God.”