In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of Armies. One will be called “The city of destruction.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. Chanaan. Hebrew. The Israelites had a connection with Egypt, which the prophets often blame. Calmet. 30:2. Ezechias trusted in their aid, when he refused to pay tribute to the Assyrians. Many at that time, or afterwards, retired thither, and served God unmolested. Calmet. 11:2. Jeremiah 42. More established themselves in the country under Alexander and the Ptolemies. 3 Maccabees 8. But this prediction was more fully accomplished by the propagation of the Christian religion. Grace no where shone forth more brightly than in this country, once the seat of superstition.—Sun. Hebrew “of desolation.” But the copies have varied. It is supposed to denote the city On. Genesis 41:45. Calmet.—Prideaux (p. 2. b. 4.) accuses the Jews of willfully corrupting this text in the Septuagint Kennicott.