Ezekiel 30:7

7 And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

Ezekiel 30:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:7

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that
are desolate
Or among them, shall be ranked with them, and be as desolate as they are; as Judea and other countries, ravaged by the same enemy: and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted;
undergo the same fate as they have done, as Jerusalem and others. The cities of Egypt were very numerous; Diodorus Siculus ^F14 says, that in ancient times Egypt had cities and villages of note, more than 18,000. Herodotus ^F15 writes, that it was said, that under King Amasis there were 20,000 cities in it; and the first mentioned writer ^F16 says, under Ptolemy Lagus they were reckoned more than 30,000; and, according to Theocritus ^F17, under Ptolemy Philadelphus they were 33,339.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Bibl. l. 1. p. 19.
F15 Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 177.
F16 Bibl. l. 1. p. 19.
F17 Idyll. 17. v. 82.

Ezekiel 30:7 In-Context

5 Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Libya and the children of the land of the Cherethites will all be put to death with them by the sword.

6 This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

7 And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

8 And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have put a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken.

9 In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.