utterly waste] Heb. wasles of wasle. from the tower] From one end of Egypt to the other. See Chap. 30. 6. Syene] Heb. Sevench. It hath been commonly thought by reason of the likenesse of the name, that it was the citie of Syene, standing upon the confines of Egypt, and Ethiopia, where there might be some tower to mark the defect of shadowes in the very day of the Summer Solstice: as there was a well also to that purpose. Ethiopia] Heb. of Ghush. That is, to the borders of the Chushites, or Arabians: for betweene Seveneh and Arabia is situated all Egypt: for Seveneh was one border of Egypt, confronting and joyning to Ethiopia; and the Chushites or Arabians the other. So we are to understand Chap. 30. 4. 5. 9.