King James Version
Ezekiel 30:7 in the King James Version says “And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ezekiel 30:7 · KJV
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. Libya: Heb. Phut men: Heb. children
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. from: or, from Migdol to Syene
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.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. broken
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
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“And they shall be desolate”
H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
“And they shall be desolate”
H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
“and her cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“and her cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“that are wasted”
H2717to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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