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Verse	Translation	Text
Eze 30:20	Strong Concordance	And it came to pass in the eleventh [0259] [06240] year [08141], in the first [07223] month, in the seventh [07651] day of the month [02320], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
	King James	And 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,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Here begins the earlier vision, not long after that in the twenty-ninth chapter, about three months before the taking of Jerusalem, as to Pharaoh and his kingdom.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Here begins the earlier vision, not long after that in the twenty-ninth chapter, about three months before the taking of Jerusalem, as to Pharaoh and his kingdom.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Fourth prophecy against Egypt spoken three months before the capture of Jerusalem Eze 26:1, and three months after the prophecy of Eze 29:1. Meantime, Pharaoh-Hophra's attempt on Jerusalem had been foiled, and the Egyptians driven back into their own country (Jer 37:5 note). Eze 30:21 I have broken - Especially by the defeat at Carchemish. A roller - Or, a bandage. Eze 30:22 The strong - Such power as Egypt yet retained at home and abroad. That which was broken - The power which Egypt aimed at ineffectually, the conquest of Palestine and Syria.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
first month That is, April.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Destruction of the Might of Pharaoh by Nebuchadnezzar According to the heading in Eze 30:20, "In the eleventh year, in the first (month), on the seventh of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying," this short word of threatening against Egypt falls in the second year of the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and, as Eze 30:21 clearly shows, after the army of Pharaoh Hophra, which marched to the relief of Jerusalem, had been defeated by the Chaldeans who turned to meet it (Jer 37:5, Jer 37:7). If we compare with this the date of the first prophecy against Egypt in Eze 29:1, the prophecy before us was separated from the former by an interval of three months. But as there is no allusion whatever in Ezekiel 29 to Pharaoh's attempt to come to the relief of the besieged city of Jerusalem, or to his repulse, the arrival of the Egyptian army in Palestine, its defeat, and its repulse by the Chaldeans, seems to have occurred in the interval between these two prophecies, towards the close of the tenth year. Eze 30:21-26 Eze 30:21. son of man, the arm of Pharaoh the king of Egypt have I broken; and, behold, it will no more be bound up, to apply remedies, to put on a bandage to bind it up, that it may grow strong to grasp the sword. Eze 30:22. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will deal with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and will break both his arms, the strong one and the broken one, and will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. Eze 30:23. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them in the lands, Eze 30:24. And will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and give my sword into his hand, and will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he shall groan the groanings of a pierced one before him. Eze 30:25. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I give my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, that he may stretch it against the land of Egypt. Eze 30:26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them in the lands; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. - The perfect שׁברתּי in Eze 30:21 is not a prophetic utterance of the certainty of the future, but a pure preterite. This may be seen "both from the allusion in Eze 30:21 to the condition resulting from the shbr שׁבר, and also to the obviously antithetical relation of Eze 30:22, in which future events are predicted" (Hitzig). The arm is a figurative expression for power, here for military power, as it wields the sword. God broke the arm of Pharaoh by the defeat which the Chaldeans inflicted upon Pharaoh Hophra, when he was marching to the relief of besieged Jerusalem. חבּשׁה is a present, as is apparent from the infinitive clauses ('לתת וגו) which follow, altogether apart from הנּה; and חבשׁ signifies to bind up, for the purpose of healing a broken limb, that remedies may be applied and a bandage put on. לחזקהּ, that it may become strong or sound, is subordinate to the preceding clause, and governs the infinitive which follows. The fact that the further judgment which is to fall upon Pharaoh is introduced with לכן (therefore) here (Eze 30:22), notwithstanding the fact that it has not been preceded by any enumeration of the guilt which occasioned it, may be accounted for on the ground that the causal לכן forms a link with the concluding clause of Eze 30:21 : the arm shall not be healed, so as to be able to grasp or hold the sword. Because Pharaoh is not to attain any more to victorious power, therefore God will shatter both of his arms, the strong, i.e., the sound one and the broken one, that is to say, will smite it so completely, that the sword will fall from his hand. The Egyptians are to be scattered among the nations, as is repeated in Eze 30:23 verbatim from Eze 29:12. God will give the sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and equip and strengthen him to destroy the might of Pharaoh, that the latter may groan before him like one who is pierced with the sword. This thought is repeated in Eze 30:25 and Eze 30:26 with an intimation of the purpose of this divine procedure. That purpose it: that men may come to recognise Jehovah as God the Lord. The subject to וידעוּ is indefinite; and the rendering of the lxx is a very good one, καὶ γνώσονται πάντες.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Destruction of the Might of Pharaoh by Nebuchadnezzar

According to the heading in Eze 30:20, "In the eleventh year, in the first (month), on the seventh of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying," this short word of threatening against Egypt falls in the second year of the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and, as Eze 30:21 clearly shows, after the army of Pharaoh Hophra, which marched to the relief of Jerusalem, had been defeated by the Chaldeans who turned to meet it (Jer 37:5, Jer 37:7). If we compare with this the date of the first prophecy against Egypt in Eze 29:1, the prophecy before us was separated from the former by an interval of three months. But as there is no allusion whatever in Ezekiel 29 to Pharaoh's attempt to come to the relief of the besieged city of Jerusalem, or to his repulse, the arrival of the Egyptian army in Palestine, its defeat, and its repulse by the Chaldeans, seems to have occurred in the interval between these two prophecies, towards the close of the tenth year.

Eze 30:21-26

Eze 30:21. son of man, the arm of Pharaoh the king of Egypt have I broken; and, behold, it will no more be bound up, to apply remedies, to put on a bandage to bind it up, that it may grow strong to grasp the sword. Eze 30:22. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will deal with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and will break both his arms, the strong one and the broken one, and will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. Eze 30:23. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them in the lands, Eze 30:24. And will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and give my sword into his hand, and will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he shall groan the groanings of a pierced one before him. Eze 30:25. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I give my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, that he may stretch it against the land of Egypt. Eze 30:26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them in the lands; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. - The perfect שׁברתּי in Eze 30:21 is not a prophetic utterance of the certainty of the future, but a pure preterite. This may be seen "both from the allusion in Eze 30:21 to the condition resulting from the shbr שׁבר, and also to the obviously antithetical relation of Eze 30:22, in which future events are predicted" (Hitzig). The arm is a figurative expression for power, here for military power, as it wields the sword. God broke the arm of Pharaoh by the defeat which the Chaldeans inflicted upon Pharaoh Hophra, when he was marching to the relief of besieged Jerusalem. חבּשׁה is a present, as is apparent from the infinitive clauses ('לתת וגו) which follow, altogether apart from הנּה; and חבשׁ signifies to bind up, for the purpose of healing a broken limb, that remedies may be applied and a bandage put on. לחזקהּ, that it may become strong or sound, is subordinate to the preceding clause, and governs the infinitive which follows. The fact that the further judgment which is to fall upon Pharaoh is introduced with לכן (therefore) here (Eze 30:22), notwithstanding the fact that it has not been preceded by any enumeration of the guilt which occasioned it, may be accounted for on the ground that the causal לכן forms a link with the concluding clause of Eze 30:21 : the arm shall not be healed, so as to be able to grasp or hold the sword. Because Pharaoh is not to attain any more to victorious power, therefore God will shatter both of his arms, the strong, i.e., the sound one and the broken one, that is to say, will smite it so completely, that the sword will fall from his hand. The Egyptians are to be scattered among the nations, as is repeated in Eze 30:23 verbatim from Eze 29:12. God will give the sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and equip and strengthen him to destroy the might of Pharaoh, that the latter may groan before him like one who is pierced with the sword. This thought is repeated in Eze 30:25 and Eze 30:26 with an intimation of the purpose of this divine procedure. That purpose it: that men may come to recognise Jehovah as God the Lord. The subject to וידעוּ is indefinite; and the rendering of the lxx is a very good one, καὶ γνώσονται πάντες.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The eleventh year - Of Jeconiah's captivity, three months and two days before Jerusalem was taken, about the time that the Egyptians attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day - This was the eleventh year of the captivity of Jeconiah, and the date here answers to April 26, A.M. 3416; a prophecy anterior by several years to that already delivered. In collecting the writings of Ezekiel, more care was taken to put all that related to one subject together, than to attend to chronological arrangement.

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²² Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, I am against Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and will break [07665] his arms [02220], the strong [02389], and that which was broken [07665]; and I will cause the sword [02719] to fall [05307] out of his hand [03027].

⁵ Then Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428] was come forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]: and when the Chaldeans [03778] that besieged [06696] Jerusalem [03389] heard [08085] tidings [08088] of them, they departed [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].

¹ In the tenth [06224] year [08141], in the tenth [06224] month, in the twelfth [08147] [06240] day of the month [02320], the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],

¹ And it came to pass in the eleventh [06249] [06240] year [08141], in the first [0259] day of the month [02320], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],

²⁶ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and disperse [02219] them among the countries [0776]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

²⁵ But I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the arms [02220] of Pharaoh [06547] shall fall down [05307]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I shall put [05414] my sword [02719] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall stretch it out [05186] upon the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].

¹² And I will make [05414] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] desolate [08077] in the midst [08432] of the countries [0776] that are desolate [08074], and her cities [05892] among [08432] the cities [05892] that are laid waste [02717] shall be desolate [08077] forty [0705] years [08141]: and I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and will disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776].

²³ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and will disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776].

²⁶ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and disperse [02219] them among the countries [0776]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

²⁴ And I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and put [05414] my sword [02719] in his hand [03027]: but I will break [07665] Pharaoh's [06547] arms [02220], and he shall groan [05008] before [06440] him with the groanings [05009] of a deadly wounded [02491] man.

²³ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and will disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776].

²¹ Son [01121] of man [0120], I have broken [07665] the arm [02220] of Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714]; and, lo, it shall not be bound up [02280] to be healed [07499] [05414], to put [07760] a roller [02848] to bind [02280] it, to make it strong [02388] to hold [08610] the sword [02719].
²² Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, I am against Pharaoh [06547] king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and will break [07665] his arms [02220], the strong [02389], and that which was broken [07665]; and I will cause the sword [02719] to fall [05307] out of his hand [03027].
²³ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and will disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776].
²⁴ And I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and put [05414] my sword [02719] in his hand [03027]: but I will break [07665] Pharaoh's [06547] arms [02220], and he shall groan [05008] before [06440] him with the groanings [05009] of a deadly wounded [02491] man.
²⁵ But I will strengthen [02388] the arms [02220] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and the arms [02220] of Pharaoh [06547] shall fall down [05307]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I shall put [05414] my sword [02719] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall stretch it out [05186] upon the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
²⁶ And I will scatter [06327] the Egyptians [04714] among the nations [01471], and disperse [02219] them among the countries [0776]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹ In the tenth [06224] year [08141], in the tenth [06224] month, in the twelfth [08147] [06240] day of the month [02320], the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],

⁷ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Thus shall ye say [0559] to the king [04428] of Judah [03063], that sent [07971] you unto me to enquire [01875] of me; Behold, Pharaoh's [06547] army [02428], which is come forth [03318] to help [05833] you, shall return [07725] to Egypt [04714] into their own land [0776].

²⁰ And it came to pass in the eleventh [0259] [06240] year [08141], in the first [07223] month, in the seventh [07651] day of the month [02320], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],