BUBASTUS, a famous City of Egypt. Ezekiel speaks of it under the name of פי בסתPi-bezeth, Ezek. xxx. 17. It is situated on the eastern shore of that arm of the Nile which extends furthest towards Arabia. Ezekiel threatens it with the utmost calamities, which would be brought upon its inhabitants by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon.
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