Ezekiel 30:5

3 For ^athe day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.

4 The sword shall come upon Egypt,
And great anguish shall be in¹ Ethiopia,
When the slain fall in Egypt,
And they ^atake away her wealth,
And ^bher foundations are broken down.

5 “Ethiopia,¹ Libya, Lydia, ^aall the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.”

6 ‘Thus says the Lord:
“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
^aFrom¹ Migdol to Syene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.

7 “They^a shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries,
And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Ezekiel 30:5

Libya, and Lydia - Or, as in Ezekiel 27:10, Phut and Lud.

The mingled people - Foreigners, who settled in Egypt. The Saite dynasty of Egyptian kings were especially favorable to foreign immigrants. Hophra employed many of them in his armies, and in this way, according to Herodotus, lost the affections of his Egyptian subjects. See Jeremiah 25:20 note.

Chub - The word occurs here only. It was some tribe in alliance with Egypt, either of African race like Lud and Phut, or settlers like the "mingled people." A not-improbable suggestion connects it with Coptos , of which the Egyptian form was Qeb , Qebt or Qabt .

The men of the land that is in league - Rather, the children of the land of the covenant, i. e., of Israel (see Ezekiel 16:8). After the destruction of Jerusalem Jews withdrew into Egypt Jeremiah 43:7. Many of them would naturally enough be found in the Egyptian armies. This is in favor of the later date assigned to this section.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezekiel 30:5:**

Genesis 10:6-20
Isaiah 11:11
Isaiah 66:19
Ezekiel 27:10-11
Ezekiel 30:1
Daniel 11:43
Nahum 3:9
Zephaniah 2:12

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