What Does Ezekiel 30:5 Mean?

“Ethiopia”

cush (or ethiopia), the name of an israelite

“and Libya”

put, a son of ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a persian tribe

“and Lydia”

lud, the name of two nations

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and all the mingled”

dusk

“people and Chub”

kub, a country near egypt

“and the men”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“that is in league”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“with them by the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

“shall fall”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)