Ezekiel 30:17 - Exposition

The young men of Aven ; the "On" of Genesis 12:1-20 :45, the "house of the sun" of Jeremiah 43:13 , the Heliopolis of the LXX . and Vulgate. The form Aven ( Hebrews for "a vain thing!" as in Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 10:5 ) was perhaps chosen as a word of scorn pointing to the idolatry of the city. Pibeseth ; LXX ; Bubastos . The city situated on the Suez Canal, begun by Necho and finished under Ptolemy II . (Herod; 2.59). It derived its name from the eat-headed goddess Pasht, and was the chief seat of the home which was named after it. It was destroyed by the Persians (Diod. Sic; 15.51), but the name lingers in Tebbastat , a heap of ruins about seven hours journey from the Nile.