Ezequiel 30:15

15 Y derramaré mi ira sobre Pelusio, fortaleza de Egipto, y talaré la multitud de No

Ezequiel 30:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:15

And I will pour out my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt,
&c.] Either the city Sais, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; or rather Pelusium, as the Vulgate Latin version, so called from "pelos" which signifies "clay" in the Greek language; and the same "Sin" signifies in the Chaldee, ( Psalms 18:43 ) , and as now called Tineh, from (Nyj) , "clay": it had a very fine haven, and may be called the strength of Egypt, it lying at the entrance of it; and having a strong fortified tower, it was difficult to enter into it; but could not stand before the wrath and fury of the Lord of hosts, when he sent the Chaldeans to it. It is thought by some to be the same with Pithom, built by the first of the pastor kings of Egypt, and fortified by him, ( Exodus 1:11 ) , according to Manetho ^F26, he put into it a garrison of two hundred and forty thousand men; and the same writer says it contained ten thousand acres of land; according to Adrichomius ^F1, it was two and a half miles in compass, and near it was a vast hollow, which extended to Mount Cassius, and which made the way into Egypt on that side difficult; and is now, as he says, called "campus de Gallo"; in which he is mistaken, as well as Thevenot, and others, who take it to be the same with Damieta: and I will cut off the multitude of No;
the numerous inhabitants of it; hence called "populous No", ( Nahum 3:8 ) , or "Hamon No"; (See Gill on Ezekiel 30:14); here, as before observed, the Septuagint version renders it Memphis; as does also the Arabic version. Some take it, as before, to be the Egyptian Thebes, where was a temple dedicated to Jupiter Hammon; and which city, Pausanias ^F2 says, was reduced to nothing in his time.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 14.
F1 Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 122, 123.
F2 Arcadica, sive l. 8. p. 509. Vid. Juvenal. Satyr. 15. ver. 6.

Ezequiel 30:15 In-Context

13 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Destruiré también las imágenes, y haré cesar los ídolos de Menfis; y no habrá más príncipe de la tierra de Egipto, y en la tierra de Egipto pondré temor

14 Y asolaré a Patros, y pondré fuego a Tafnes, y haré juicios en No (Alejandría)

15 Y derramaré mi ira sobre Pelusio, fortaleza de Egipto, y talaré la multitud de No

16 Y pondré fuego a Egipto; Pelusio tendrá gran dolor, y No será destrozada, y Menfis tendrá continuas angustias

17 Los jóvenes de Heliópolis y de Pubásti caerán a espada; y ellas irán en cautiverio