“A sword will come on Egypt,and anguish will be in Ethiopia,when the slain fall in Egypt.They take away her multitude,and her foundations are broken down.”
Ezekiel 30:4 (WEB)
Context Reading
2“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ 3For the day is near,even Yahweh’s day is near.It will be a day of clouds,a time of the nations. 4A sword will come on Egypt,and anguish will be in Ethiopia,when the slain fall in Egypt.They take away her multitude,and her foundations are broken down. 5“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.” 6“‘Yahweh says:“They also who uphold Egypt will fall.The pride of her power will come down.They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,”says the Lord Yahweh.