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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 29:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 29:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And I will make [05414] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] desolate [08077] in the midst [08432] of the countries [0776] that are desolate [08074], and her cities [05892] among [08432] the cities [05892] that are laid waste [02717] shall be desolate [08077] forty [0705] years [08141]: and I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and will disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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]. Some Egyptians were to be carried to Babylon, also many "scattered" in Arabia and Ethiopia through fear; but mainly the "scattering" was to be the dissipation of their power, even though the people still remained in their own land. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
35 And I will bring [0935] you into the wilderness [04057] of the people [05971], and there will I plead [08199] with you face [06440] to face [06440].