Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 30:7
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.
7. A frequently recurring expression; cf. Eze 29:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. Shall be desolate] All these countries shall be desolated, and the places named shall be chief in these desolations.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
They, all those before mentioned,
shall be desolate; as much wasted as any of them that are most wasted. Her cities, of Egypt, equally wasted with other cities that have been sacked, as Jerusalem, Tyre, Zidon, Rabbath, &c.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. in the midst of . . . countries .. . desolateEgypt shall fare no better than they (Eze29:10).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate,…. Or among them, shall be ranked with them, and be as desolate as they are; as Judea and other countries, ravaged by the same enemy:
and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted; undergo the same fate as they have done, as Jerusalem and others. The cities of Egypt were very numerous; Diodorus Siculus n says, that in ancient times Egypt had cities and villages of note, more than 18,000. Herodotus o writes, that it was said, that under King Amasis there were 20,000 cities in it; and the first mentioned writer p says, under Ptolemy Lagus they were reckoned more than 30,000; and, according to Theocritus q, under Ptolemy Philadelphus they were 33,339.
n Bibl. l. 1. p. 19. o Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 177. p Bibl. l. 1. p. 19. q Idyll. 17. v. 82.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Shall be desolate.This verse is almost an exact repetition of Eze. 29:12.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 30:7 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.
Ver. 7. And they shall be desolate. ] See Eze 29:10 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 29:12, Eze 32:18-32, Jer 25:18-26, Jer 46:1 – Jer 51:64
Reciprocal: Eze 29:9 – the land Eze 33:28 – and the pomp
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 30:7. Shall be in the midst. None of the cities of Egypt were to be actually moved into the territory of Others. The expression means these cities were to Share the same fate as the other cities suffered; would be in the same condition.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
The people and the cities of Egypt would become desolate. Then the Egyptians would know that the Lord is God when He destroyed the land as with a fire and rendered Egypt’s allies ineffective when they tried to help her.