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 deadly wounded man.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me.
Job 24:12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.
Psalms 18:32(18-33) The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight;
Psalms 144:1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
Isaiah 10:15Should the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Should the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if a rod should move them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.
Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is none else, beside Me there is no God; I have girded thee, though thou hast 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 →