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Ezekiel 29:7

Pride

5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.

6 Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.

9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
KJV
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
WEB
When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralyzed all of their thighs.”
ASV
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
DARBY
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble.
BLB
In their grabbing hold of you with the hand, you broke and would tear every shoulder of theirs; and in their leaning on you, you broke and wrenched all their backs.
ÅB
når de[^1] tar deg[^2] ved ditt håndfang, så knekkes du og kløver skulderen på dem alle, og når de støtter seg på deg, brytes du i stykker og får lendene på dem alle til å vakle.
OTB
Når de grep deg med hendene, splintret du og rev opp skuldrene deres; når de lente seg på deg, brakk du og fikk alle deres rygger til å skjelve.
B1930
når de tar dig ved ditt håndfang, så knekkes du og kløver skulderen på dem alle, og når de støtter sig på dig, brytes du i stykker og får lendene på dem alle til å vakle. / < Israels folk.> / < Egypten.>

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 36:6

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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  • Ezekiel 17:15–17

    But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

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  • Jeremiah 17:5–6

    This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

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  • Psalms 118:8–9

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

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  • Psalms 146:3–4

    Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

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  • Proverbs 25:19

    Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

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  • Jeremiah 37:5–11

    Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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