“Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezek 27:10Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they showed your beauty.
- Jer 25:24and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;
- Isa 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
- Nah 3:8–9Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
- Jer 46:9Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
- Jer 50:37A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.
- Isa 18:1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
- Jer 44:27Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
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