John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 30:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thus saith the Lord, they also that uphold Egypt shall fall, &c.] That is, by the sword; either their allies and auxiliaries without, that supported the Egyptians with men and money; or their principal people within, their nobles that supported their state with their estates, their counsellors with their wisdom, their soldiers with their valour and courage: and the pride of her power shall come down; or the power they were proud of, the dominion and grandeur they boasted of; the greatness of their king, and the largeness of their empire, with the wealth and riches of it: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God; or rather, from “Migdol to Syene”; so the Septuagint and Arabic versions, from one end of Egypt to the other; the sword would ravage, and multitudes fall by it, in all cities and towns, between the one and the other; which denotes the general slaughter that should be made; (see Gill on “<262910>Ezekiel 29:10”).

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