Yehezkiel 30:4-5
Konteks30:4 A sword will come against Egypt
and panic will overtake Ethiopia
when the slain fall in Egypt
and they carry away her wealth
and dismantle her foundations.
30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, 1 Libya, and the people 2 of the covenant land 3 will die by the sword along with them.
Yehezkiel 30:9
Konteks30:9 On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; 4 for beware – it is coming!
[30:5] 1 tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here.
[30:5] 3 tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).
[30:9] 4 tn Heb “in the day of Egypt.” The word “doom” has been added in the translation to clarify the nature of this day.