Ezekiel 30:21

Ben adam, I have broken the zero'a of Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim; and, hinei, it shall not be bound up to bring refu'ot (healing), nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong to hold the cherev.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,

22Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, I am against Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, and will break his zero'ot (arms), the chazakah (strong), and that which was broken; and I will cause the cherev to fall out of his yad.

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Cross References

2 Kings 24:7And Melech Mitzrayim came not again any more out of his land; for Melech Bavel had taken from the Wadi Mitzrayim unto Nahar Euphrates all that belonged to Melech Mitzrayim.

Psalms 37:17For the zero'ot (arms, powers) of the resha'im shall be broken; 1 but Hashem upholdeth the tzaddikim. 1

Isaiah 1:6From the sole of the regel even unto the rosh 1 there is no soundness in it; 1 but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores; 1 they have not been closed, 1 neither bound up, neither soothed with shemen. 1

Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gil'ad, and take balm, 1 O Betulat Bat Mitzrayim; 1 in vain shalt thou use many refu'ot (healing remedies, medicines); 1 for thou shalt not be healed. 1

Jeremiah 51:8Bavel is suddenly fallen and broken; 1 wail for her; 1 take balm for her pain, 1 perhaps she may be healed. 1

Nahum 3:16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the kokhavim of HaShomayim; 1 but, like the locust, they strip the land, then fly away. 1

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 →

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