Verse 22<\/span>. I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.<\/B><\/I>] When the arm is broken, the sword will naturally fall. But these expressions show that the Egyptians would be rendered wholly useless to Zedekiah, and should never more recover their political strength. This was the case from the time of the rebellion of Amasis.<\/P> <\/p>\n In the former verse God had broken the arm, in this he will break the arms of Pharaoh, he will show he is still against Pharaoh, and will break him more and more. <\/P> The strong; <\/B>that part of his kingdom which remains entire. <\/P> That which was broken; <\/B>that which was shattered before, that part of his kingdom in Syria, taken from him, from Euphrates to the river of Egypt; that once was a strong arm, but now is broken and useless to him: and Egypt, whatever strength it now hath, shall be as weak and useless too; thus all his power and strength shall be destroyed. <\/P> <\/p>\n 22. arms<\/B>Not only the “onearm” broken already (Eze30:21<\/span>) was not to be healed, but the other two should be broken.Not a corporal wound, but a breaking of the power<\/I> of Pharaohis intended. <\/P> cause . . . sword to fall outof . . . hand<\/B>deprive him of the resources of making war.<\/P><\/p>\n Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt<\/strong>,…. The then present king of Egypt, whose name was Hophra or Apries, Jer 44:30<\/span>:<\/p>\n and I will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken<\/strong>: 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:<\/p>\n and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n (22) The strong, and that which was broken<\/strong>i.e.,<\/em> the whole power of Egypt, both in so far as already crippled, and in so far as it still retained strength.<\/p>\n “Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong and that which was broken, and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”<\/p>\n Not only had Pharaoh been defeated and turned back, but God also intended to make him powerless, like a man with two broken bound up arms who tries to wield his sword and finds that it falls out of his hand. When Nebuchadnezzar attacked Pharaoh would be utterly defeated, and the fighting and the defeat would be such that many Egyptians would desert Egypt and be scattered among their neighbours. This was deliberately described like this so as to suggest a parallel to what had happened to Israel and Judah. Egypt will be no better off than they.<\/p>\n In fact by the time Nebuchadnezzar attacked Egypt after the siege of Tyre there was a new Pharaoh. Hophra had been killed in civil war after a disastrous campaign in Libya had caused an internal revolt, and was replaced by the leader of the revolt, Ahmose II. The broken arm was replaced by another broken arm. The civil war left Egypt in no position to defend itself against a powerful enemy. The result would be that many would flee the country for one reason or another.<\/p>\n Statues or images of the Pharaoh often had an arm flexed, wielding a sword in battle, and Pharaoh Hophra was reputed to have taken a second formal title that meant ‘possessed of a muscular arm’ or ‘strong-armed’, which may be in mind here.<\/p>\n Eze 30:22<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>The strong, and that which was broken<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The strong arm as well as the wounded. <\/em>Houbigant. “I will break Pharaoh, by the revolt of his subjects, by the war which Amasis shall bring upon him; and afterwards by that of Nebuchadrezzar; and all this in the space of fourteen or fifteen years.” See Calmet. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>1st, Fearful is the overthrow of the Egyptians here recorded. <\/p>\n 1. They are called to howl, and lament the dreadful day, big with wrath, and swift approaching; a day of darkness and gloominess, when every face should gather blackness. It shall be the time of the heathen; <\/em>either the time to visit the heathen nations of Egypt and Ethiopia, or the time of the Chaldean power. Note; <\/em>The sinner’s day, though long delayed, shall come at last; and then, too late, he will pour forth his remediless sorrows. <\/p>\n 2. The threatened destruction shall utterly ruin both Egypt and her confederates. The sword of the victorious king of Babylon shall fill the land, from one end to the other, with the carcases of the slain; the cities shall be destroyed, the images broken, the country made desolate, terrors spread on every side, the beauty, strength, and multitude of Egypt utterly wasted, and the dark cloud of abject wretchedness spread over them. Thus shall a fierce and terrible enemy, from a strange and distant land, wicked <\/em>men, whom no laws of humanity or justice restrain, be let loose upon them, and ravage without mercy. The pride of Egypt, her royal family, shall be extinct, and no hopes remain from the rising generation, the young men being slain with the sword, and the daughters gone into captivity. <\/em>Nor shall her auxiliaries be able to give her the least support; they shall fall with her, Ethiopia, Lybia, Lydia, Chub, and all the mingled people <\/em>of various nations, who are in league with Egypt, shall perish. And while many out of these countries, who sojourned among the Egyptians, or were auxiliaries in their army, fell with them, the tidings of the destruction shall fly swift to the careless Ethiopians, and terrify them with the apprehensions of sharing Egypt’s fate. Nor are their apprehensions groundless; for, Lo! it cometh. Note; <\/em>(1.) Confederates in iniquity will perish together. (2.) When we see our neighbour’s house on fire, it is time to tremble for our own: one sinner’s fall should alarm the survivors. <\/p>\n 3. God’s hand is visible in the judgment. Whatever instrument he employs, the work is his own. His veracity is engaged for the fulfilment of the threatening; and, in the judgments that he will execute, his power and faithfulness will appear, and they shall know that he is the Lord. Note; <\/em>(1.) Whatever judgments are in the earth, God’s hand is to be seen and acknowledged in them. (2.) One jot or tittle of God’s word shall never fail. <\/p>\n 2nd, The army of the Egyptians, which had attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, had been now forced to retire with shame to their own land, and, without making any farther efforts, left Jerusalem to her fate; but their own ruin quickly followed. It is foretold, 2. The king of Babylon shall grow stronger and stronger. God will put a sword into his hands, give him might to wield it, and subdue Egypt before him. All power is given from above: the strength of the mightiest is derived alone from the Almighty God. <\/p>\n Eze 30:22 Therefore 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 22. And will break his arms.<\/strong> ] I will utterly disable him, and drive the field of him. He shall neither be able to defend himseff or offend his enemy. See Psa 37:17<\/span> .<\/p>\n Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n I am: Eze 29:3, Jer 46:25 <\/p>\n will break: Psa 37:17 <\/p>\n the strong: Eze 34:16 <\/p>\n and that: 2Ki 24:7, Jer 37:7, Jer 46:1-12 <\/p>\n I will: Jer 46:21-25 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Job 22:9 – arms Job 38:15 – the high Psa 10:15 – Break Eze 32:11 – The sword Nah 3:19 – no Zec 11:17 – his arm<\/p>\n Eze 30:22. The Lord is using the imagery of a swordsman in the present form of speech, A man is holding a sword in his hand with the intention of using it against the approaching foe. But the Lord will strike and break the swordsmans arm which will cause the sword to fall from the hand holding it and it will fall to the ground,<\/p>\n 30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break {g} his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.<\/p>\n (g) His force and power.<\/p>\n The Lord was about to break Pharaoh’s other arm and to break his previously broken arm again, personifications of Egypt’s fate. Egypt would suffer another defeat at the hands of the Babylonians and would never again regain its former strength. Yahweh would scatter the Egyptians from their homeland, and they would go to live in other countries.<\/p>\n Therefore 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. Verse 22. I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.] When the arm is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 30:22”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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1. That Egypt shall be weakened by degrees, and brought to destruction. One arm of Pharaoh was already broken in the defeat received at Carchemish, Jer 46:2<\/span> and the conquest of a part of the Egyptian dominions, 2Ki 24:7<\/span> and from this fatal stroke he never recovered; a second blow would complete his ruin. His strong arm, like that which was broken, God will break by the sword of Nebuchadrezzar: so that, unable to wield a sword, groaning as a soldier desperately wounded, he must fall. His kingdom shall be vanquished, his people dispersed and led into captivity. And in these sufferings, which God inflicts, he will make them know that he is the Lord. <\/p>\nFuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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