Ezekiel 30:21
Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "I have broken the arm of the king of Egypt. No one has bandaged it or put it in a sling so that it could heal and be strong enough to hold a sword again.

New Revised Standard Version
Mortal, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, I, the LORD, have defeated the king of Egypt! I broke his arm, and no one has wrapped it or put it in a sling, so that it could heal and get strong enough to hold a sword.

New American Bible
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. See! It has not been immobilized for healing, nor set with a splint to make it strong enough to grasp a sword.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.

Ezekiel 30:26 And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will scatter them through the countries, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

, A.M.

3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other arm which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasia; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.

I have

Ezekiel 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face.

Psalm 10:15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Jeremiah 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

it shall not

Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

Jeremiah 30:13 There is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up: thou hast no healing medicines.

Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.

Jeremiah 51:8,9 Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed. . . .

Nahum 3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away.

Revelation 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.

Context
Pharaoh's Power Broken
20And 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, me, saying: 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.22Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, which is already broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand:…
Cross References
Psalm 10:15
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Jeremiah 30:13
There is none to judge thy judgment to bind it up: thou hast no healing medicines.

Jeremiah 44:30
Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Nechao king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the land of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.

Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.

Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face.

Ezekiel 39:3
And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Zechariah 11:17
O shepherd, and idol, that forsaketh the flock: the sword upon his arm and upon his right eye: his arm shall quite wither away, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Ezekiel 30:20
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