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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:2-4

Ezekiel 30:2-4. Thus saith the Lord, Howl ye, &c. The prophet addresses the inhabitants of Egypt. Wo worth the day Ah! the day: alas! what sad times are approaching. Even the day of the Lord The time of God’s vengeance, wherein he will manifest his sore displeasure against Egypt and its allies; a cloudy day A day that shall be dismal with calamities. Times of trouble have often this appellation. It shall be the time of the heathen Wherein they shall be punished. Great pain... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 30:5

Ezekiel 30:5. Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia The names in Hebrew are Cush, Phut, and Lud, which are mentioned together as the Egyptian allies, Jeremiah 46:9. Cush probably signifies Ethiopia here, being joined with Phut and Lud, which were nations of Africa. And all the mingled people All their mercenary soldiers, consisting of various nations. If we distinguish these from the men of the land, mentioned afterward, they may mean that mixture of Carians, Ionians, and other... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 30:1-26

Desolation of Egypt (30:1-26)God’s coming judgment on Egypt will be a day of terror for other nations besides Egypt (30:1-3), because when Egypt falls many of its neighbouring allies will suffer also (4-5). These allies will be terrified as news reaches them of the calamities in Egypt. The invading army will overrun Egypt from north to south, killing the people and burning their cities (6-8). The people in neighbouring Ethiopia (NIV: Cush; GNB: Sudan) will be terror-stricken, knowing that they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 30:4

Ethiopia. Hebrew Cush, allied with Egypt. Compare Ezekiel 30:9 ; and Jeremiah 46:9 . Also resorted to for help by Israel. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 30:5

Libya . Lydia. Hebrew Phut . . . Led. Compare Ezekiel 27:10 . Genesis 10:6 . These were an African people. Compare Jeremiah 46:9 . Nahum 3:9 . mingled people = mixed multitude: i.e. the allies of Babylon. Compare Jeremiah 25:20 . Chub . Perhaps Caba, in Mauretania, or Cobe, in Ethiopia. men = sons. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 30:4

Ezekiel 30:4. Her multitude— Her wealth. Houbigant: and so Ezekiel 30:10. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 30:5

Ezekiel 30:5. Lybia and Lydia— Or, Mauritania and Abyssinia. All the mingled people, mean their mercenaries and auxiliaries; Chub means the Chubians, placed by Ptolemy in the Mareotis. "I do not know (says Calmet) whether the name of Egypt may not be derived from Cub, or Cubti, or Gubti;—Egubti." The men of the land that is in league, mean the neighbouring people, who were confederate with the Egyptians against the king of Babylon. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 30:5

5. the mingled people—the mercenary troops of Egypt from various lands, mostly from the interior of Africa (compare Ezekiel 27:10; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 25:24; Jeremiah 46:9; Jeremiah 46:21). Chub—the people named Kufa on the monuments [HAVERNICK], a people considerably north of Palestine [WILKINSON]; Coba or Chobat, a city of Mauritania [MAURER]. men of the land that is in league—too definite an expression to mean merely, "men in league" with Egypt; rather, "sons of the land of the... read more

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