Ezekiel 30:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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 before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחִזַּקְתִּ֗י אֶת־זְרֹעוֹת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־חַרְבִּ֖י בְּיָד֑וֹ וְשָׁבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־זְרֹע֣וֹת פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְנָאַ֛ק נַאֲק֥וֹת חָלָ֖ל לְפָנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-ḥizzaqtî ʾet-zərōʿôt meleḵ bāḇel wə-nātattî ʾet-ḥarbî bə-yāḏô wə-šāḇartî ʾet-zərōʿôt parʿōh wə-nāʾaq naʾăqôt ḥālāl lə-pānāyw

Grammar Details

*wə-ḥizzaqtî*: conjunction + piel perfect, 1st singular - and I will strengthen
*ʾet*-*zərōʿôt*: direct object marker + noun, feminine plural construct - the arms of
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*bāḇel*: proper noun - Babylon
*wə-nātattî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st singular - and I will put
*ʾet*-*ḥarbî*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - my sword
*bə-yāḏô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand
*wə-šāḇartî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st singular - and I will break
*parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
*wə-nāʾaq*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will groan
*naʾăqôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - groanings of
*ḥālāl*: noun, masculine singular - wounded/slain
*lə-pānāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him

Word Meanings

*ḥizzaqtî*: strengthen/make strong/harden
*zərōʿôt*: arms/strength/power
*nāʾaq*: groan/moan/cry out
*naʾăqôt*: groanings/moanings
*ḥālāl*: wounded/slain/pierced

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 30:25 : 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.
Zeph 2:12 : 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Neh 6:9 : 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Job 24:12 : 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Ps 18:32 : 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Ps 18:39 : 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Ps 144:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Jer 27:6-8 : 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jer 51:52 : 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Ezek 26:15 : 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezek 30:10 : 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
Zech 10:11-12 : 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Deut 32:41-42 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

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Ezek 30:25-26
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25But 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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18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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 unto me, saying,
21Son 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.
22Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
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10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
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