Study it in the app“And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall; and they will know that I am YHWH, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.”
And I will strengthenוְהַחֲזַקְתִּיthe armsזְרֹעוֹתof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand the armsוּזְרֹעוֹתof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwill fall;תִּפֹּלְנָהand they will knowוְיָדְעוּthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהwhen I putבְּתִתִּיmy swordחַרְבִּיinto the handבְּיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand he stretches it outוְנָטָה אוֹתָהּagainst the landאֶל אֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
repair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hachazakti” appearsarm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroot” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “tipolna” appearsacknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “titi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsstretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “nata” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears1Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him with the groans of a mortally wounded man.
25 · This verse (above)
26And I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them through the lands; and they will know that I am YHWH.”
