Ezekiel 30:7

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
desolate	וְנָשַׁ֕מּוּ ve.na.Sha.mu	H8074	to stun (or intransitively · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
midst	בְּת֖וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
countries	אֲרָצ֣וֹת 'a.ra.Tzot	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine plural absolute
desolate	נְשַׁמּ֑וֹת ne.sha.Mot	H8074	to stun (or intransitively · verb, niphal active participle, feminine plural absolute
cities	וְעָרָ֕יו ve.'a.Rav	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
midst	בְּתוֹךְ be.tokh-	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
cities	עָרִ֥ים 'a.Rim	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural absolute
wasted	נַחֲרָב֖וֹת na.cha.ra.Vot	H2717	to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy · verb, niphal active participle, feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid wa…
Jeremiah 25:18-26 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an h…
Jeremiah 46:1-28 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
Ezekiel 32:18-32 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them? I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Eze 30:2, Eze 30:3): "Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas because of the day! the terrible day! Woe and alas! For the day is near; the day we have so long dreaded, so long deserved. It is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself as a God o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:7

in the midst of . . . countries . . . desolate--Egypt shall fare no better than they (Eze 29:10).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:7

Shall be desolate - All these countries shall be desolated, and the places named shall be chief in these desolations.

John Gill on 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 (n) says, that in ancient times Egypt had cities and villages of note, more than 18,000. Herodotus (o) writes, that it was said, that under King Amasis there were 20,000 cities in it; and the first mentioned writer (p) says, under Ptolemy Lagus they were reckoned more than 30,000; and, according…

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Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Ethiopia — Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps. 68:31; 87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at…
Ethiopia · General references — General references

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Ezekiel 30:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:7

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:7

Keil & Delitzsch

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Ezekiel 30:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:1-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:7

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:7

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:7

Keil & Delitzsch

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 30:6-7

Rashi on Ezekiel 30:5