Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand: and he shall bring it upon Egypt, and shall take her plunder and seize her spoils.
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Deuteronomy 32:41For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, 1 And my hand shall take hold of judgment; 1 And I will render judgment to my enemies, 1 And will recompense them that hate me. 1
Job 24:12Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, 1 And the soul of the children has groaned aloud. 1
Psalms 144:1David’s Psalm of praise. 1 I will exalt thee, my God, my king; 1 And I will bless thy name forever and ever. 1
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? but it shall not be so;
Isaiah 45:5For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened thee, and 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 →