Bible Strands
Ezekiel 30:5
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel delivers a divine oracle concerning the imminent military defeat of Egypt. The prophecy addresses the collapse of Egyptian power and its allied forces during a period of foreign invasion.
The words — Cush (kush) identifies the southern kingdom south of Egypt, while ערב ('erev) literally translates to "foreigner" or "mixed multitude," denoting non-Israelite groups allied with the Egyptian state.
The thread — These allied nations reappear in Jeremiah 25:20 and 25:24 as targets of the same judgment, and Ezekiel 27:10 lists Put and Lydia among the mercenary forces supplying Tyre.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that political and military coalitions offer no protection against sovereign judgment, demanding a sober assessment of human power versus divine decree.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 25:20 all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezekiel 27:10 Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
- Jeremiah 25:24 all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Isaiah 18:1 Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
- Isaiah 20:4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Jeremiah 44:27 I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
- Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Nahum 3:8 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?