Ezekiel 38:5

Easy To Read Version

Soldiers from Persia, Ethiopia, and Put will be with them. They will all be wearing their shields and helmets.

Cross References

Genesis 10:6

Ham’s sons were: Cush, [59] Mizraim, [60] Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:8

Cush also had a son named Nimrod. Nimrod became a very powerful man on earth.

1 Chronicles 1:8

The sons of Ham were Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim (Egypt), Put, and Canaan.

2 Chronicles 36:20

Nebuchadnezzar took the people that were still alive back to Babylon and forced them to be slaves. Those people stayed in Babylon as slaves until the Persian kingdom defeated the kingdom of Babylon.

Ezra 1:1

During the first year {\cf2\super [1]} that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord encouraged Cyrus to make an announcement. Cyrus put that announcement in writing and had it read every place in his kingdom. This happened so that the Lord’s message that was spoken through Jeremiah {\cf2\super [2]} would truly happen. This is the announcement:

Ezekiel 27:10

“Men from Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army. They were your men of war. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls. They brought honor and glory to your city.

Ezekiel 30:4

A sword will come against Egypt!\par People in Ethiopia will shake with fear,\par at the time that Egypt falls.\par The army of Babylon will take Egypt’s people away as prisoners.\par Egypt’s foundations will be torn down!\par

Ezekiel 30:5

“‘Many people made peace agreements with Egypt. But all those people from Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of Israel {\cf2\super [246]} will be destroyed!

Daniel 8:20

“You saw a ram with two horns. Those horns are the countries of Media and Persia.

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt gave Thebes much strength. The Sudan and Libya supported her.