Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
midst of the land—literally, "the navel" of the land (Judges 9:37, Margin). So, in Ezekiel 5:5, Israel is said to be set "in the midst of the nations"; not physically, but morally, a central position for being a blessing to the world: so (as the favored or "beloved city," Revelation 20:9) an object of envy. GROTIUS translates, "In the height of the land" (so Ezekiel 38:8), "the mountains of Israel," Israel being morally elevated above the rest of the world.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 38:12:
Psalms 76:4
Ezekiel 5:5-6
Ezekiel 37:28
Zechariah 9:2
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