Ezekiel 30:6

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.

Ezekiel 35:5

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.

[30:6]  ¹ tn Heb “come down.”

[30:6]  ² sn Syene is known as Aswan today.

[35:5]  ³ tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.