Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan, with the groanings of a deadly wounded man before him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them through the countries.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41When I whet my glittering sword, and my hand taketh hold on judgment: I will render vengeance unto my enemies, and those that hate me will I requite.
Job 24:12Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.
Psalms 18:32(18:33) He is the God that girdeth me with strength, and rendereth my way unobstructed.
Psalms 144:1“By David.” Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who exerciseth my hands for the battle, my fingers for the war:
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself over him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that swingeth it? as if the rod should swing about those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up him who is no wood.
Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is none else, beside me there is no god; I assisted 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 →