30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:
Egypt’s supporters will fall;
her confident pride will crumble. 1
From Migdol to Syene 2 they will die by the sword within her,
declares the sovereign Lord.
35:5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword 3 at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.
1 tn Heb “come down.”
2 sn Syene is known as Aswan today.
3 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.