Ezekiel 30:7

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate , and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted .

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 Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall ; and the pride of her power shall come down : from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate , and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted .

8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed .

9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid , and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh .