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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.
- KJV Ethiopia, 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.
- NKJV “Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”
- NASB Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword.”
- NLT Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia, and all their other allies will be destroyed in that war.
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Quick answer
Egypt's allies, Ethiopia, Put, Lud, and others, will fall with her by the sword. Those who joined Egypt share her judgment.
Overview
A roll call of nations and mercenaries allied with Egypt are swept up in the same destruction. Alliance with the proud and condemned brings shared ruin. The verse warns against binding one's fate to the enemies of God, and underscores the comprehensive reach of his judgment over the nations.
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezek 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
- Jer 25:24all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Isa 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Nah 3:8–9Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Jer 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Jer 50:37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Isa 18:1Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
- Jer 44:27I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
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