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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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- Jer 25:20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
- Ezek 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
- Jer 25:24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
- Isa 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
- Nah 3:8–9Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
- Jer 46:9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
- Jer 50:37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
- Isa 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Jer 44:27Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
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