Ezekiel 38:5

38:5 Persia, ¹  Ethiopia, and Put ²  are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

Ezekiel 30:5

30:5 Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, ³  Libya, and the people ⁴  of the covenant land ⁵  will die by the sword along with them.

[38:5]  ¹ tn D. I. Block prefers to see the Hebrew word as referring here to a western ally of Egypt or as an alternative spelling for Pathros, that is, Upper Egypt. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:439-40.

[38:5]  ² sn That is, Lydia.

[30:5]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons.”

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