Ezekiel 30:17 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 30:17

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

BSB

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ASV

The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

KJV

The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The young men of Aven and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sword,.... Aven is the same with On, of which Potipherah was priest in Joseph's time and whose daughter he married, Gen 41:45, the same with Heliopolis, or Bethshemesh, the city of the sun, see Jer 43:13; see Gill on Jer 43:13; where was the temple of the sun, and where it was worshipped; and so it is rendered by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions. It is called here "Aven", or "vanity", because of the vain and idolatrous worship here performed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Young men - 'Tis probable these might be a body of valiant youths, collected out of these ten cities. Aven - Bethshemesh, or Heliopolis, an idolatrous city, in which was a stately temple of the sun: an hundred and fifty furlongs, that is six miles and three quarters in compass.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A repetition of a former prophecy against Egypt, just before the desolation of it begun by their own bad conduct, which gradually weakened them and prepared the way for the king of Babylon,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Aven - The same as “On” Gen 41:45, or “Heliopolis.” The word “Aven” means also “transgression” (compare Hos 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 Delta. The road from Pelusium to Memphis lay through Bubastis and On.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּח֥וּרֵי	ba.Chu.rei	[the] young men of	H970 →
אָ֛וֶן	'A.ven	On	H204 →
וּפִי־	u.fi-	and Pi-	H6364 →
בֶ֖סֶת	Ve.set	beseth	H6364 →
בַּחֶ֣רֶב	ba.Che.rev	by the sword	H2719 →
יִפֹּ֑לוּ	yi.Po.lu	they will fall	H5307 →
וְהֵ֖נָּה	ve.He.nah	and they [fem]	H2007 →
בַּשְּׁבִ֥י	ba.she.Vi	in <the> captivity	H7628 →
תֵלַֽכְנָה׃	te.Lakh.nah	they will go	H1980 →

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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
Genesis 41:45
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Genesis 46:20
  Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Exodus 2:16
  Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Genesis 14:18
  Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- 2 Samuel 8:18
  Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 20:26
  and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

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