Ezekiel 30:7
New International Version
“’They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

New Living Translation
Egypt will be desolate, surrounded by desolate nations, and its cities will be in ruins, surrounded by other ruined cities.

English Standard Version
And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries, and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.

Berean Standard Bible
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste.

New American Standard Bible
“They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

NASB 1995
“They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

NASB 1977
“And they will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

Legacy Standard Bible
“They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the cities laid waste.

Amplified Bible
“And they will be desolate In the midst of countries that are desolated; And her cities will be Among cities that are devastated [by plunder and slavery].

Christian Standard Bible
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they shall be desolate among the lands that are desolate, and their cities shall be desolate among the cities

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities shall be desolate in the midst of desolate cities:

Contemporary English Version
Your nation of Egypt will be the most deserted place on earth, and its cities will lie in complete ruin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
" 'Egypt will become the most desolate country in the world, and Egypt's cities will lie in ruins. They will be ruined more than other cities.

Good News Translation
The land will be the most desolate in the world, and its cities will be left totally in ruins.

International Standard Version
They'll remain desolate among desolate lands, their cities will be named among those that are ruined.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, | And its cities are in the midst of cities [that are] laid waste.

Majority Standard Bible
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.

New American Bible
It shall be the most desolate among desolate lands, Its cities the most ruined among ruined cities.

NET Bible
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities.

New Revised Standard Version
They shall be desolated among other desolated countries, and their cities shall lie among cities laid waste.

New Heart English Bible
'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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
“They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
A Lament for Egypt
6For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD. 7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. 8Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 25:18
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;

Ezekiel 29:9
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, 'The Nile is mine; I made it,'

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Ezekiel 29:12
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.

Ezekiel 32:18-32
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 25:18-26
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; …

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Ezekiel 30
1. The desolation of Egypt and her helpers
20. The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt.














(7) Shall be desolate.--This verse is almost an exact repetition of Ezekiel 29:12.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They will be desolate
וְנָשַׁ֕מּוּ (wə·nā·šam·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

among
בְּת֖וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

desolate
נְשַׁמּ֑וֹת (nə·šam·mō·wṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy

lands,
אֲרָצ֣וֹת (’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and their cities
וְעָרָ֕יו (wə·‘ā·rāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

will lie
תִּֽהְיֶֽינָה׃ (tih·ye·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

among
בְּתוֹךְ־ (bə·ṯō·wḵ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

ruined
נַחֲרָב֖וֹת (na·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 2717: To parch, to desolate, destroy, kill

cities.
עָרִ֥ים (‘ā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement


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