God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 30:17
17The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile.
Ezekiel 30:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
- New International Version (NIV)The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.
Context of Ezekiel 30:17
15I will pour out my fury on Sin, Egypt’s fortress, and I will kill many people in Thebes. 16I will set fire to Egypt. Sin will be in much pain. Thebes will be broken into pieces, and Memphis will be in trouble every day. The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile. 18At Tahpanhes the day will turn dark when I break Egypt’s power. Egypt’s strong army will be defeated. Clouds will cover Egypt, and people from its villages will go into exile. 19Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will bring punishment on Egypt.’ ”
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בַּח֥וּרֵי אָ֛וֶן וּפִי־בֶ֖סֶת בַּחֶ֣רֶב יִפֹּ֑לוּ וְהֵ֖נָּה בַּשְּׁבִ֥י תֵלַֽכְנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 30:17
Commentaries on Ezekiel 30:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Aven - Or On, the famous Heliopolis, or city of the sun. Pibeseth - Bubastum or Bubaste, by a slight alteration of the letters. It is situated on the eastern branch of the Nile, towards Arabia.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Aven - The same as “On” Genesis 41:45, or “Heliopolis.” The word “Aven” means also “transgression” (compare Hosea 10:8). Some have thought that here too Ezekiel substituted the word “Aven” for “On” to mark the “sin” of idolatry there in full vogue. Pi-beseth - The Bubastis of Herodotus. The hieroglyphic name is “Pe-bast,” the house of Bast (the Egyptian Artemis, the cat-headed goddess). Bubastis was situated on the easternmost, the Pelusian, branch of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17of On and Pi-beseth: These cities were located in the Nile delta.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Aven--meaning "vanity" or "iniquity": applied, by a slight change of the Hebrew name, to On or Heliopolis, in allusion to its idolatry. Here stood the temple of the sun, whence it was called in Hebrew, Beth-shemesh (Jr 43:13). The Egyptian hieroglyphics call it, Re Athom, the sun, the father of the gods, being impersonate in Athom or Adam, the father of mankind. Pi-beseth--that is, Bubastis, in Lower Egypt, near the Pelusiac branch of the Nile…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
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