Ezekiel 30:9 “On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush o…”

Ezekiel 30:9

On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

World English Bible

“‘“In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.”

American Standard Version

In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.

Geneva Bible 1599

In that day shall there messengers go forth from me in shippes, to make the carelesse Mores aftaide, and feare shall come vpon them, as in the day of Egypt: for loe, it commeth.

Darby Translation

In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make careless Ethiopia afraid; and anguish shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for behold, it cometh!

Young's Literal Translation

In that day go forth do messengers from before Me in ships, To trouble confident Cush, And there hath been great pain among them, As the day of Egypt, for lo, it hath come.

Bible in Basic English

In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.

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Cross references

“messengers”

Isaiah 20:3 Isaiah 20:5 Zephaniah 2:12 Ezekiel 30:5 Ezekiel 30:6 Isaiah 18:1

Isaiah 20:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

Isaiah 20:5 · BSB

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Zephaniah 2:12 · BSB

“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

Ezekiel 30:5 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 30:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

Isaiah 18:1 · BSB

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

“careless”

Ezekiel 38:11 Ezekiel 39:6 Judges 18:7 Isaiah 32:9–11 Isaiah 47:8 Jeremiah 49:31

Ezekiel 38:11 · BSB

You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

Ezekiel 39:6 · BSB

I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

Judges 18:7 · BSB

So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were fa…

Isaiah 32:9–11 · BSB

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Isaiah 47:8 · BSB

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

Jeremiah 49:31 · BSB

Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.

“great”

Isaiah 23:5 Ezekiel 26:16 Ezekiel 27:35 Isaiah 19:17 Jeremiah 49:21 Ezekiel 30:4

Isaiah 23:5 · BSB

When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

Ezekiel 26:16 · BSB

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

Ezekiel 27:35 · BSB

All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.

Isaiah 19:17 · BSB

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

Jeremiah 49:21 · BSB

At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

Ezekiel 30:4 · BSB

A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

“lo”

Ezekiel 33:33 Amos 4:2

Ezekiel 33:33 · BSB

So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

Amos 4:2 · BSB

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

10This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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