“A sword shall come
Upon Egypt.
Anguish shall be
In Ethiopia.
When the slain
Fall
In Egypt,
Its wealth
Will be carried away.
Its foundations
Will be torn down.
Ethiopia,
Put,
Lud,
All Arabia,
Libya,
The people
Of the allied lands
Shall fall
With them
By the sword.”
When the sword or battle would come to Egypt, the anguish would also come to Ethiopia, which is south of Egypt. The wealth of the dead people in Egypt would be carried away. The foundations of Egypt would be shaken and torn down. However, the neighboring countries and those allied with Egypt would also suffer. Besides Ethiopia, there were the people from Put and Lud, who had also served in the army of Tyre, as mentioned earlier in chapter 27. However, those affected by this invasion were also the people from Libya, west of Egypt, as well as all the Arabian tribes and those people allied with Egypt. They would all fall by the sword.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 