Ezekiel 30:22

22 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am ¹against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the ²broken; and I will make the sword ³fall from his hand.

Ezekiel 30:22 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 30:22

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against
Pharaoh king of Egypt
The then present king of Egypt, whose name was Hophra or Apries, ( Jeremiah 44:30 ) : and I will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken:
both his arms, the sound and the broken one, his whole power, strength, and dominion; meaning that that part of his kingdom which lay between the two rivers of Egypt and Euphrates, that had been taken away by the king of Babylon, should remain so; and the other part of his kingdom should fall a prey to him also: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand;
so that he should be so far from being so able to make use of the sword, that he should not be able to hold it; it should drop out of his hand; nor should he be able to take it up again, and make war, either offensive or defensive.

Ezekiel 30:22 In-Context

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.

22 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

23 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

24 'For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 29:3
• 2. 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 37:7
• 3. Jeremiah 46:21