Ezekiel 30:5-6

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.

30:6 “‘This is what the Lord says:

Egypt’s supporters will fall;

her confident pride will crumble. ⁴ 

From Migdol to Syene ⁵  they will die by the sword within her,

declares the sovereign Lord.

[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]  ² tn Heb “sons.”

[30:5]  ³ tn The expression “sons of the covenant land” possibly refers to Jews living in Egypt (Jer 44).

[30:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “come down.”

[30:6]  ⁵ sn Syene is known as Aswan today.