Ezequiel 29:7

7 Cuando se agarraron de tu mano,te quebraste, y les desgarraste las manos;^[a]cuando en ti se apoyaron te rompiste,y sus espaldas se estremecieron.^[b]

Ezequiel 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 29:7

When they took hold of thee by thy hand
When the Israelites entered into an alliance and confederacy with the Egyptians, called for their assistance according to treaty, and put their confidence in them: thou didst break and rend all their shoulder;
as a reed which a man puts under his armhole, and leans upon, and it breaks under him, the splinters run into the flesh up to the very shoulder, and tear the flesh to pieces; so, through Zedekiah's trusting to the king of Egypt, he rebelled against the king of Babylon, which brought on his ruin, and the destruction of his kingdom: and when they leaned upon thee thou brakest, and madest all their loins
to be at a stand;
when they put their confidence in the king of Egypt, and sent to him for help when besieged by the king of Babylon, and he failed them, they were obliged to raise up themselves, as a man is forced to do when his staff breaks under him, whose loins before were bowed, but now erects himself, and stands and walks as well as he can without it; so the Jews were forced to stand upon their own legs, and exert all the force they had, and make all the efforts they could against the king of Babylon, being left in the lurch by the king of Egypt; in which, though they were rightly served for their vain confidence and not trusting in the Lord, yet the treachery of the Egyptians was resented by him, as follows:

Ezequiel 29:7 In-Context

5 Te abandonaré a tu suerte en el desierto,junto con todos los peces de tu río.Caerás en campo abierto,y no serás recogido ni enterrado.Las bestias de la tierra y las aves del cielote las daré como alimento.

6 Entonces todos los habitantes de Egiptosabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.No fuiste para el pueblo de Israelmás que un bastón de caña.

7 Cuando se agarraron de tu mano,te quebraste, y les desgarraste las manos;cuando en ti se apoyaron te rompiste,y sus espaldas se estremecieron.

8 »”Por eso, así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: Contra ti traeré la espada, y haré que mate a hombres y animales.

9 La tierra de Egipto se convertirá en desolación. Entonces sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR. Tú dijiste: ‘El Nilo es mío, el Nilo es mi creación’.

Footnotes

• [a]. "manos " (LXX y Siríaca); "hombros " (TM).
• [b]. "se estremecieron " (Siríaca; véanse LXX y Vulgata); "hiciste que se pararan " (TM).