Ezekiel 30:7

Ezekiel 30:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries, and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.

Context of Ezekiel 30:7

5Ethiopia (Cush), Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya (Cub) and the people of the land of the covenant [the Jews who had taken refuge in Egypt] will fall with the Egyptians by the sword.” 6‘Thus says the Lord, “Those who uphold and support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south] They will fall within her by the sword,” Says the Lord God. “And they will be desolate In the midst of countries that are desolated; And her cities will be Among cities that are devastated [by plunder and slavery]. 8And they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are shattered and destroyed. 9On that day [swift] messengers will go from Me in ships to frighten the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there will be anguish and trembling in them as in the day of [judgment for] Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

Ezekiel 30:7 word by word

וְנָשַׁ֕מּוּ בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲרָצ֣וֹת נְשַׁמּ֑וֹת וְעָרָ֕יו בְּתוֹךְ־עָרִ֥ים נַחֲרָב֖וֹת תִּֽהְיֶֽינָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall be desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and her citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• wastedחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717

Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:7

• Ezekiel 29:12So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation [plundered and ruined] among desolated lands; and her cities, among cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and [I will] disperse them through the lands.”
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a horror, a ruin, a hissing and a curse, as it is to this day;
• Jeremiah 46:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the [Gentile] nations.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Shall be desolate - All these countries shall be desolated, and the places named shall be chief in these desolations.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7From Migdol to Syene: This phrase means “from north to south.” See study note on Ezekiel 29:8–13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. in the midst of ... countries ... desolate--Egypt shall fare no better than they (Eze 29:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 30:7

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings