Ezekiel 30:7

What does Ezekiel 30:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezekiel 30:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And she will be made waste among the countries which have been made waste, and her towns will be among the towns which are unpeopled.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they shall be desolate in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the cities thereof shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

Context

v.6Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

v.7This passage

v.8And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 46:1

    The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

  • Ezekiel 32:18

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

  • Jeremiah 25:18

    to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

  • Ezekiel 29:12

    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.

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