Ezekiel 30:25

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
strengthen	וְהַחֲזַקְתִּ֗י ve.ha.cha.zak.Ti	H2388	to fasten upon · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
arms	זְרֹעוֹת֙ ze.ro.'Ot	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · noun, common feminine plural construct
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֔ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
arms	וּזְרֹע֥וֹת u.ze.ro.'ot	H2220	the arm (as stretched out) · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֖ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, common masculine singular absolute
down	תִּפֹּ֑לְנָה ti.Po.le.nah	H5307	to fall · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural
know	וְֽיָדְע֞וּ ve.ya.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
put	בְּתִתִּ֤י be.ti.Ti	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
sword	חַרְבִּי֙ char.Bi	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
hand	בְּיַ֣ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֔ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
out	וְנָטָ֥ה ve.na.Tah	H5186	to stretch or spread out · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	אֶ֥רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name

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

Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ezekiel 29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them…
Ezekiel 29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; a…
Ezekiel 30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them th…
Ezekiel 38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee agai…
Ezekiel 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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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 30:22

arms--Not only the "one arm" broken already (Eze 30:21) was not to be healed, but the other two should be broken. Not a corporal wound, but a breaking of the power of Pharaoh is intended. cause . . . sword to fall out of . . . hand--deprive him of the resources of making war. Not that Egypt was, like Assyria, utterly to cease to be, but it was, like Assyria, to lose its prominence in the empire of the world. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 31

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:22

I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand - When the arm is broken, the sword will naturally fall. But these expressions show that the Egyptians would be rendered wholly useless to Zedekiah, and should never more recover their political strength. This was the case from the time of the rebellion of Amasis.

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:25

But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon,.... Which is repeated for the sake of confirmation: and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down: as when a man's arms are broken; and he shall not be able to lift them up and defend himself: and they shall know that I am the Lord; namely, the Egyptians, as in Ezekiel 30:19, when I shall have put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt; that is, when he shall have a commission to carry the war into Egypt; and he shall spread desolation over all the land, cutting off the inhabitants of it everywhere, as before described in this chapter.

Dictionary and topics

Egypt · Prophecies respecting: Destruction of its power — Prophecies respecting: Destruction of its power

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 30:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:22

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:22

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:25

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 30:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 30:22

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 30:22

John Gill on Ezekiel 30:25

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 30:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 30:24-26

Rashi on Ezekiel 30:25