Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.
Job 24:12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
Psalms 18:32the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
Psalms 144:1Blessed be LORD, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight,
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
Isaiah 45:5I am LORD, and there is none else. Besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou have not known me,
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:21-26
Destruction of Egypt Foretold. ( b. c. 572.) 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I… Read the whole commentary →