Ezekiel 30:21

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
man	אָדָ֕ם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
broken	שָׁבָ֑רְתִּי sha.Va.re.ti	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
arm	זְר֛וֹעַ ze.Ro.a'	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · noun, common feminine singular construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֥ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֖יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
up	חֻ֠בְּשָׁה Chu.be.shah	H2280	to wrap firmly (especially a turban · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
healed	רְפֻא֜וֹת re.fu.'ot	H7499	a medicament · noun, common feminine plural absolute
put	לָשׂ֥וּם la.Sum	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
roller	חִתּ֛וּל chi.Tul	H2848	swathed · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bind	לְחָבְשָׁ֥הּ le.cha.ve.Shah	H2280	to wrap firmly (especially a turban · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
strong	לְחָזְקָ֖הּ le.cha.ze.Kah	H2388	to fasten upon · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
hold	לִתְפֹּ֥שׂ lit.Pos	H8610	to manipulate · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
sword	בֶּחָֽרֶב be.Cha.rev	H2719	drought · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Jeremiah 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Psalms 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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 Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan bef…
Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been…
Jeremiah 51:8-9 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:20–end

This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infect - without accomplishing their purpose; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ages considerable. That of Babylon had but lately arrived at its great pomp and power, being built upon the ruins of the kingdom of Assyria. Now it is with them as it is with families and states, some are growing up, others are declining and going back; one must increase and the others must of course…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:21

broken . . . arm of Pharaoh-- (Psa 37:17; Jer 48:25). Referring to the defeat which Pharaoh-hophra sustained from the Chaldeans, when trying to raise the siege of Jerusalem (Jer 37:5, Jer 37:7); and previous to the deprivation of Pharaoh-necho of all his conquests from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates (Kg2 24:7; Jer 46:2); also to the Egyptian disaster in Cyrene.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:21

I have broken the arm of Pharaoh - Perhaps this may refer to his defeat by Nebuchadnezzar, when he was coming with the Egyptian army to succor Jerusalem.

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:21

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... Not Pharaohnecho, king of Egypt, whose army was overthrown at Carchemish by the king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim; when the latter took from the former all that belonged to him between the river of Egypt and the river Euphrates; by which he was so weakened and dispirited, that he could not stir any more out of his own land, Jeremiah 46:2 and of him Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; but Pharaohhophra, or Apries, who was defeated by the Cyreneans, and saved himself by flight; See Gill on Ezekiel 29:4, and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it; a metaphor taken from chirurgeons, who, h…

Dictionary and topics

Arm — Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God (Ex. 15:16; Ps. 89:13; 98:1; 77:15; Isa. 53:1; John 12:38; Acts 13:17)
Medicine — Egypt was the earliest home of medical and other skill for the region of the Mediterranean basin, and every Egyptian mummy of the more expensive and elaborate sort involved a process of anatomy.…
Disease · .Treatment of fractures — .Treatment of fractures
Egypt · Prophecies respecting: Prophetic illustration of its destruction — Prophecies respecting: Prophetic illustration of its destruction
Fractures · Treatment of — Treatment of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 30:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:21

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:21

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 30:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:21

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:21

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:21

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 30:21-23

Rashi on Ezekiel 30:21