Ezekiel 30:7-17

7 "They will be desolate In the ¹midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

8 "And they will ²know that I am the LORD, When I set a ³fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

9 "On that day ⁴messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten ⁵secure Ethiopia; and ⁶anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!"

10 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "⁷I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 "He and his people with him, ⁸The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

12 "Moreover, I will make the ⁹Nile canals dry And ¹⁰sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken."

13 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also ¹¹destroy the idols And make the images cease from ¹²Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14 "I will make ¹³Pathros desolate, Set a fire in ¹⁴Zoan And execute judgments on ¹⁵Thebes.

15 "I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes.

16 "I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily.

17 "The young men of ¹⁶On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

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Ezekiel 30:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 30

This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy against Egypt, both against the country and the king of it. It is introduced with expressions of lamentation, because of the destruction coming on, Eze 30:1-3, and not only Egypt, and the cities thereof, should be destroyed, but all her friends, associates, and allies; the Ethiopians, Lydians, Lybians, and others, Eze 30:4-9. Nebuchadnezzar and his army were to be the instruments of her ruin, Eze 30:10-12, particular cities are mentioned by name, which should suffer much, and become desolate, Eze 30:13-19 and then Pharaoh king of Egypt himself is threatened with broken arms, and his people to be scattered among the nations, Eze 30:20-23, and the king of Babylon is again mentioned, whose arms should be strengthened to do all this, Eze 30:24-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. Jeremiah 25:18-26; Ezekiel 29:12
2. Psalms 58:11; Ezek 29:6, 9, 16
3. Ezekiel 22:31; Ezekiel 30:14, 16; Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14
4. Isaiah 18:1, 2
5. Isaiah 47:8; Ezekiel 38:11; Ezekiel 39:6
6. Isaiah 19:17; Isaiah 23:5; Ezekiel 32:9, 10
7. Ezekiel 29:19
8. Ezekiel 28:7
9. Ezekiel 29:3, 9
10. Isaiah 19:4
11. Isaiah 2:18
12. Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:14; Ezekiel 30:16
13. Isaiah 11:11; Jeremiah 44:1, 15; Ezekiel 29:14
14. Psalms 78:12, 43; Isaiah 19:11, 13
15. Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 30:15, 16; Nahum 3:8
16. Genesis 41:45; Genesis 46:20

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "Cush"
[b]. Or "people;" lit "crowd," and so throughout the ch
[c]. Lit "her fullness"
[d]. Or "futile ones"
[e]. Or "Noph"
[f]. Or "No"
[g]. Or "Pelusium"
[h]. Or "No"
[i]. Or "Pelusium"
[j]. Or "No"
[k]. Or "Noph"
[l]. Or "adversaries"
[m]. Or "Aven"
[n]. Lit "they"