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God Judges Nations
EZEKIEL: THE WATCHMAN · JUDGMENT
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A sword shall come upon Egypt, and Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league shall fall with them.
The list is geopolitical rather than apocalyptic. These are the territories surrounding Egypt and within its sphere of dominion - allies going down with the power they had attached themselves to.
The sources treat the chapter as familiar in form, very similar to the pattern already used for Tyre. And a caution that applies across these oracles: the ancient names in Ezekiel are ancient places. They are not codes for modern nations.
Scripture links:
- Ezekiel 30:4-5 - Cush, Put, Lud, and the people of the land in league shall fall.
When a great power falls, the nations who staked everything on it fall too.
What the Scripture Says
- Ezekiel 30:4-5ESV
And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down. Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.”
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