Ezekiel 29:12 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 29:12

I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

BSB

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ASV

And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

KJV

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 waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 8 and following) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast. And the land of Egypt shall become a desolation (or destruction) and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he (or you) said, My river is mine, and I have made it (or My rivers are mine, and I have made them).

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall be desolate forty years - The country from Migdol or Magdolan, which was on the isthmus between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, was so completely ruined, that it might well be called desert; and it is probable that this desolation continued during the whole of the reign of Amasis, which was just forty years. See Herod. lib. 3 c. 10; and see Calmet.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As Israel passed through a term of wilderness discipline (compare Eze 20:35, &c.), which was in its essential features to be repeated again, so it was to be with Egypt [FAIRBAIRN].

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֣י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will make	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶרֶץ֩	'e.Retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֨יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
שְׁמָמָ֜ה	she.ma.Mah	a desolation	H8077 →
בְּת֣וֹךְ׀	be.Tokh	in midst of	H8432 →
אֲרָצ֣וֹת	'a.ra.Tzot	lands	H776 →
נְשַׁמּ֗וֹת	ne.sha.Mot	made desolate	H8074 →
וְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙	ve.'a.Rei.ha	and cities its	H5892 →
בְּת֨וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in midst of	H8432 →
עָרִ֤ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
מָֽחֳרָבוֹת֙	mo.cho.ra.Vot	laid waste	H2717 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֣יןָ	tih.Yei.na	they will be	H1961 →
שְׁמָמָ֔ה	she.ma.Mah	a desolation	H8077 →
אַרְבָּעִ֖ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַהֲפִצֹתִ֤י	va.ha.fi.tzo.Ti	and I will scatter	H6327 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם	ba.go.Yim	among the nations	H1471 →
וְֽזֵרִיתִ֖ים	ve.ze.ri.Tim	and I will disperse them	H2219 →
בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ פ	ba.'a.ra.Tzot	among the lands	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 30:23
I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
leads to
- Ezekiel 30:17–18
  The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 30:26
  I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Through
Jeremiah 46:19
Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
leads to
- Isaiah 20:4
  so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Jeremiah 48:18
  Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Ezekiel 30:13
  This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill…
- Jeremiah 44:1
  This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
Through
Ezekiel 30:26
I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
leads to
- Daniel 11:42
  He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.
Through
Ezekiel 30:7
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:18–26
  to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

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