Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 30:25
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.
These two foregoing verses are a repetition of Gods threats against Pharaoh, and of his promises to assist Nebuchadnezzar in the war, and every thing plain in them.
Will strengthen; give the first strength, and continue it with new supplies, so that with strength from God he shall proceed.
Put my sword in his hand; is strength shall have a weapon suited and proportioned to it; and what will be hard, where Gods sword and his strength are engaged to effect it?
He, Hophra,
shall groan; not only as the stoutest must when nature breaks, but cry out and sigh, or howl, not becoming a brave man.
Before him, king of Babylon,
with the groanings of a deadly wounded man; who hath given him his deadly wound, under which he roars while he hath any strength, and groans when his voice fails him. It speaks sore griefs, and deep sense of them, as Exo 2:24; Jdg 2:18; Job 24:12.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon,…. Which is repeated for the sake of confirmation:
and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down: as when a man’s arms are broken; and he shall not be able to lift them up and defend himself:
and they shall know that I am the Lord; namely, the Egyptians, as in
Eze 30:19:
when I shall have put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt; that is, when he shall have a commission to carry the war into Egypt; and he shall spread desolation over all the land, cutting off the inhabitants of it everywhere, as before described in this chapter.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 30:25 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.
Ver. 25. But I will strengthen. ] See Eze 30:25 .
And they shall know.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
they shall know, &c. See note on Eze 6:10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
they shall know: Eze 30:19, Eze 30:26, Eze 29:16, Eze 29:21, Eze 32:15, Eze 38:16, Eze 38:23, Eze 39:21, Eze 39:22, Psa 9:16
Reciprocal: Psa 18:39 – girded Psa 89:21 – mine Eze 30:10 – by the Eze 30:24 – I will Hab 1:12 – thou hast ordained Rev 6:4 – and there
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 30:25. God will perform two and opposite acts as regards Nebuchadnezzar and Pharaoh. He will strengthen the arms of the former and weaken those of the latter. Either one of these would have indicated defeat for Pharaoh, and hence the two will make It doubly certain and guarantee the fulfillment of the prediction.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
30:25 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, {h} 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.
(h) By which we see that tyrants have no power of themselves, neither can do any more harm than God appoints and when he wills they must cease.