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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Egypt will be desolate, surrounded by desolate nations, and its cities will be in ruins, surrounded by other ruined cities.

Context of Ezekiel 30:7

5Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. 6"Thus says the Lord: Those who support Egypt shall fall, and her proud might shall come down; from Migdol to Syene they shall fall within her by the sword, declares the Lord God. 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. 8Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken. 9"On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, behold, it comes!

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 29:12And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
• Ezekiel 32:18"Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
• Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
• Jeremiah 46:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the 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

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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