Yechezkel 30:7

7 And they shall be desolate betoch (in the midst of) the countries that are desolate, and her towns shall be in the midst of the towns that are laid waste.

Yechezkel 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.

Yechezkel 30:7 In-Context

5 Kush, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed horde, and Libya, and the Bnei Eretz HaBrit with them, shall fall by the cherev.

6 Thus saith Hashem: They also that support Mitzrayim shall fall; and the ga’on (pride) of her strength shall come down; from Migdol to Aswan shall they fall within her by the cherev, saith Adonoi Hashem.

7 And they shall be desolate betoch (in the midst of) the countries that are desolate, and her towns shall be in the midst of the towns that are laid waste.

8 And they shall know that I am Hashem, when I have set an eish in Mitzrayim, and when all her allies shall be destroyed.

9 In that day shall malachim go forth from Me in ships to make the complacently secure Ethiopians afraid, and great anguish shall come upon them, as in the Yom Mitzrayim; for, hinei, it cometh.