Ezekiel 30:24

30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ¹ 

Ezekiel 4:7

4:7 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 22:6

22:6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. ² 

Ezekiel 30:25

30:25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:33-34

20:33 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, ³  and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you. 20:34 I will bring you out from the nations, and will gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of rage!

Ezekiel 31:17

31:17 Those who lived in its shade, its allies ⁴  among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

Ezekiel 13:20

13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note ⁵  that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives ⁶  like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

Ezekiel 17:9

17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘Will it prosper?

Will he not rip out its roots

and cause its fruit to rot ⁷  and wither?

All its foliage ⁸  will wither.

No strong arm or large army

will be needed to pull it out by its roots. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 30:21-22

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm ¹⁰  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ¹¹  Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. 30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ¹²  I am against ¹³  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.

[30:24]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ² tn Heb “Look! The princes of Israel, each according to his arm, were in you in order to shed blood.”

[20:33]  ³ sn This phrase occurs frequently in Deuteronomy (Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 11:2; 26:8).

[31:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “its arm.”

[13:20]  ⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.

[17:9]  ⁸ tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”

[30:21]  ⁷ sn The expression “breaking the arm” indicates the removal of power (Ps 10:15; 37:17; Job 38:15; Jer 48:25).

[30:21]  ⁸ sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

[30:22]  ⁸ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[30:22]  ⁹ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.