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upon EZEKIEL. 239
;
teftine Wars between oApries and oAmafis, Chapter
and the Conqueft of the whole Country by XXIX.
Nebuchadnezzar, will make Eg) ft a Defolation, L/V^O
the greateft part of Fourty Years, nor fliall it
recover its former Settlement till thofe are ended:
See Chap. xxx. 10. xxxii. 13. Compare
Chap. xxxv. 7.
Ver. 1 2. oAnd I will make the Land of Egypt yer , 1 2 ,
defolate.'] Many of the Jews which fled into
Egypt upon the Murder of Gedaliah, were involved
in the common Deftru&ion of the
Country and its Inhabitants : See Jer. xliv,
27,28.
Ibid. oAmong the Countries which are defolate.']
Egypt fliall have its. Share of Calamities
with its Neighbours, who fliall be a Prey to
Nebuchadnezzar, according to the Prophefies of
'Jeremj, Chap, xxv, xliv, xlvi, &c. and of Eze-
kiel, Chap, xxv, 8cc.
Ibid. J will flatter the Egyptians amo?ig the
-
Nations. ] Some of them fh a 11 flee for Refuge
into Foreign Countries, and fome fliall be carried
away Captive by the 'Babylonians. Com-
pare Jer.xWi. 19.
Ver. i}. eAt the end of fourty Tears, I will Yew i^;
gather the Egyptians from the People whither
they were fcattered.] Archbifliop Ufier fup-
pofes this to have been fulfilled when upon Cyrm\
having married aApries^s Daughter, as He-
r dotm tells the Story, Lib. ?. .^majis revolted
from Cyrws, and no longer continued a Tributary,
as he had been under the Kings olBahylon
See his oAnnals, ad qA* ' M. 347?.
I i Ver.