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City known for its flax and wine, but also a strategic fortified town on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, situated on the trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia (Ez 30:15-16). Today the site is called Tell Farama and is located about 20 miles (32.2 kilometers) southeast of Port Said. The Hebrew OT uses the old Egyptian name for the town, Sin, meaning “fortress.” Some English translations of the OT (KJB) use this English name. When the Greeks controlled Egypt, they renamed the town Pelusium, “the muddy city,” apparently confusing the Egyptian name with a similar Egyptian word sin, meaning “mud” or “clay.” In Ezekiel it is called “the stronghold of Egypt” because it provided a defense against the ever-present danger of attack from the north.

Show passage in OET: EZE 30:15–16

OET-RV EZE 30:15

15 I’ll pour out my fury on Mitsrayim’s fortress Sin, and cut off the crowd at No.

OET-RV EZE 30:16

16 Then I’ll set fire to Mitsrayim: Sin will be in great agony, No will be broken up, and Nof will face enemies every day.

OET-LV EZE 30:15

15 And_I _will _pour _out rage _of_my on Şīn the _stronghold _of Miʦrayim and_I _will _cut _off DOM the _multitude _of Noʼ.

OET-LV EZE 30:16

16 And_I _will _put fire in_Miʦrayim surely _(writhe _in _agony) it _will _dance Şīn and_Noʼ it _is about_to_be _broken _into and_Nof foes _of daytime.

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