Ezekiel 30:7
Ver. 7. And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate,.... Or among them, shall be ranked with them, and be as desolate as they are; as Judea and other countries, ravaged by the same enemy:
and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted; undergo the same fate as they have done, as Jerusalem and others. The cities of Egypt were very numerous; Diodorus Siculus {n} says, that in ancient times Egypt had cities and villages of note, more than 18,000. Herodotus {o} writes, that it was said, that under King Amasis there were 20,000 cities in it; and the first mentioned writer {p} says, under Ptolemy Lagus they were reckoned more than 30,000; and, according to Theocritus {q}, under Ptolemy Philadelphus they were 33,339.
{n} Bibl. l. 1. p. 19. {o} Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 177. {p} Bibl. l. 1. p. 19. {q} Idyll. 17. v. 82.