Seveneh

Seveneh is a southern Egyptian frontier city named twice by Ezekiel as the marker for how far Yahweh's judgment against Egypt reaches. In both passages it is paired with "the tower of Seveneh" and contrasted with the northern Egyptian heartland or the Ethiopian border to its south.

The Southern Limit of Desolation

In the oracle against Pharaoh, Yahweh announces that the verdict will not stop at one province but stretches the full length of Egypt: "therefore, look, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia" (Eze 29:10). The tower of Seveneh stands as the south-end checkpoint — beyond it lies Ethiopia — so the phrase covers Egypt end to end.

Where Egypt's Defenders Fall

The next chapter widens the same ruling onto Egypt's allies and the apparatus of her pride: "Thus says Yahweh: Those also who uphold Egypt will fall; and the pride of her power will come down: from the tower of Seveneh they will fall in it by the sword, says the Sovereign Yahweh" (Eze 30:6). The sword does not merely reach to Seveneh — it falls at the tower itself, so that Egypt's southernmost defensive point is the place where her supporters are cut down.