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When she put her weight on you, you collapsed, and her legs gave way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their shoulders; When they leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs quiver.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their hips shake.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When they seized you with the hand, You tore and split open all their shoulders; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand, You broke and tore apart their hands; When they leaned on you, You broke and strained their backs.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When they reached out to you for support, you broke in half, cutting their arms and making them fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Israel grabbed you, you splintered and tore up their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke, and they wrenched their backs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they leaned on you, you broke, pierced their armpits, and made them wrench their backs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When they reached out to you for support, you tore their hands and dislocated all of their shoulders. When they tried to lean on you, they couldn't control their own bowels.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and caused all their hips to shake."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and make all their loins to be at a stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In their taking hold of you by your hand, "" You crush and have torn every shoulder of theirs, "" And in their leaning on you you are broken, "" And have caused all their thighs to stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, -- thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast caused all their thighs to stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In their taking hold upon thee by the hand, thou wilt run and rend for them all the shoulder: and in their leaning upon thee, thou: wilt break, and because to them the loins to stand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke, and so you wounded all of their shoulders. And when they leaned on you, you shattered, and so you injured all of their lower backs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When they took hold of you, you would splinter, throwing shoulders out of joint. When they leaned on you, you would break, pitching them down headlong. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and made all their legs unsteady.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When they held you with their hands, you pierced them; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and made all their loins to tremble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />When they seized you with their hands, you pierced their hands, and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and you made their loins shake<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When they take hold of thee with the hand, thou dost break, And rend all their shoulders; And when they lean upon thee, thou breakest, And makest all their loins to be at a stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When they took hold of thee with their hand, thou didst break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on thee, thou wast utterly broken, and didst crush the loins of them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=8387" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/29.htm">The Judgment Against Pharaoh</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>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. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: bə·ṯā·p̄ə·śām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">When Israel took hold</a> <a href="/hebrew/bə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: ḇak·kap̄·ḵå̄ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">with their hands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7533.htm" title="7533: tê·rō·wṣ (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To crush. A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively.">you splintered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: ū·ḇā·qa‘·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">tearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">their</a> <a href="/hebrew/3802.htm" title="3802: kā·ṯêp̄ (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder; figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything.">shoulders;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8172.htm" title="8172: ū·ḇə·hiš·šā·‘ă·nām (Conj-w, Prep-b:: V-Nifal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To lean, support oneself. A primitive root; to support one's self.">when they leaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: tiš·šā·ḇêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">you broke,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4975.htm" title="4975: mā·ṯə·nā·yim (N-md) -- Loins. From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins.">and their backs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: wə·ha·‘ă·maḏ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">were wrenched.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/37-5.htm">Jeremiah 37:5-7</a></span><br />Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. / Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: / “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-3</a></span><br />“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. / They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. / But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a></span><br />Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. / Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. / But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Lamentations 4:17</a></span><br />All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-25.htm">Jeremiah 46:25-26</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh. / I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-5.htm">Isaiah 20:5-6</a></span><br />Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. / And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36-37</a></span><br />How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. / Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">Psalm 146:3-4</a></span><br />Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. / When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11-15</a></span><br />The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? / Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. / The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-16.htm">2 Chronicles 28:16-21</a></span><br />At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria. / The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives. / The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a></span><br />Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When they took hold of you by your hand, you did break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned on you, you brake, and made all their loins to be at a stand.</p><p class="hdg">they took</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm">Ezekiel 17:15-17</a></b></br> But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such <i>things</i>? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/37-5.htm">Jeremiah 37:5-11</a></b></br> Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem… </p><p class="hdg">thou didst</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-8.htm">Psalm 118:8,9</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">Psalm 146:3,4</a></b></br> Put not your trust in princes, <i>nor</i> in the son of man, in whom <i>there is</i> no help… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Proverbs 25:19</a></b></br> Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble <i>is like</i> a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/27-11.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Brakest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Break</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-3.htm">Breakest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-21.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-10.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Leaned</a> <a href="/songs/8-5.htm">Leaning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/job/40-17.htm">Muscles</a> <a href="/acts/9-33.htm">Paralyzed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Splintered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-29.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Support</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-6.htm">Thighs</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-11.htm">Tore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-18.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-2.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-22.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">Brakest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-18.htm">Break</a> <a href="/psalms/48-7.htm">Breakest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-4.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-18.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-8.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/genesis/47-31.htm">Leaned</a> <a href="/john/13-25.htm">Leaning</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-14.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-6.htm">Muscles</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Paralyzed</a> <a href="/joel/2-10.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Rend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-16.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-18.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/matthew/23-4.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Splintered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-6.htm">Support</a> <a href="/daniel/2-32.htm">Thighs</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Tore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-10.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/daniel/5-27.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-1.htm">The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-8.htm">The desolation of Egypt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-13.htm">The restoration thereof after forty years</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm">Egypt the reward of Nebuchadnezzar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-21.htm">Israel shall be restored</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Israel often sought Egypt's help against powerful empires like Assyria and Babylon. This reliance is seen in passages such as <a href="/isaiah/30.htm">Isaiah 30:1-2</a>, where God warns against seeking Egypt's aid instead of trusting Him. The imagery of taking hold with hands suggests a desperate grasp for stability and security.<p><b>you splintered, tearing all their shoulders</b><br>The metaphor of Egypt as a splintering staff highlights its unreliability and the harm caused to those who depend on it. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a staff symbolized support and strength. However, Egypt's failure to provide the expected support led to injury and disappointment for Israel, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a>, where Egypt is described as a broken reed. The tearing of shoulders signifies the physical and emotional strain resulting from misplaced trust.<p><b>when they leaned on you, you broke</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the complete failure of Egypt as a dependable ally. Leaning implies trust and dependence, and Egypt's breaking represents its inability to uphold its promises. This failure is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where reliance on foreign powers instead of God leads to downfall. The breaking of Egypt is also prophetic, foreshadowing its eventual defeat and subjugation by Babylon, as prophesied in <a href="/ezekiel/30-10.htm">Ezekiel 30:10-12</a>.<p><b>and their backs were wrenched</b><br>The wrenching of backs symbolizes the severe consequences and suffering experienced by Israel due to their reliance on Egypt. This imagery conveys the idea of being burdened and oppressed, reflecting the physical and spiritual toll of trusting in human power rather than divine guidance. The wrenched backs can also be seen as a type of Christ, who bore the ultimate burden and suffering on behalf of humanity, as described in <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages, including judgments and promises of restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A powerful nation often seen as a symbol of worldly strength and reliance. In this context, Egypt is portrayed as an unreliable ally to Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, representing the nation's leadership and its false promises of support.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The people of God who, during times of distress, sought alliances with foreign nations like Egypt instead of relying on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, a time of judgment and reflection on their reliance on God versus foreign powers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_misplaced_trust.htm">The Danger of Misplaced Trust</a></b><br>Relying on worldly powers instead of God can lead to disappointment and harm. Just as Egypt was an unreliable support for Israel, so too can modern "Egypts" fail us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their leaders. Our ultimate trust should be in His plans and purposes, not in human alliances or strategies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's guidance and seeking security in worldly solutions can lead to spiritual and physical consequences, as seen in Israel's experience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance_and_faith.htm">The Call to Repentance and Faith</a></b><br>This passage serves as a reminder to turn back to God, placing our faith and trust in Him alone, especially in times of crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_history.htm">Learning from History</a></b><br>The historical context of Israel's reliance on Egypt serves as a lesson for us to learn from past mistakes and to seek God's wisdom in our decisions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_29_6-7_match_egypt's_history.htm">How does Ezekiel 29:6-7 align with or contradict known historical alliances and events regarding Egypt and its neighbors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_promise_with_israel's_exiles.htm">How do we reconcile God's promise never to forsake Israel (Deut. 31:6) with the nation's repeated historical exiles and oppressions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_deut._28_punishments_compare_to_god's_mercy.htm">How do the severe punishments in Deuteronomy 28 compare with the portrayal of a merciful God in other parts of the Bible (e.g., Psalm 145:9)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_interpreters_align_ezekiel_39_with_other_ot_outcomes_for_israel.htm">How do interpreters harmonize the restoration promises in Ezekiel 39:21-29 with other Old Testament passages that describe different outcomes for Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">All their loins to be at a stand.--</span>The expression is a difficult one, but the more probable sense is, <span class= "ital">all their loins to shake.</span> The reed breaks under the weight of the man who leans upon it, and pierces his shoulder as he falls, while in his consternation his loins tremble.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Israel grasped</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתָפְשָׂ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯā·p̄ə·śām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> </span><span class="str2">To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּךָ֤</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their hands,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַכַּף֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇak·kap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you splintered</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּר֔וֹץ</span> <span class="translit">(tê·rō·wṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7533.htm">Strong's 7533: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crack in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tore</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָקַעְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·qa‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open</span><br /><br /><span class="word">open</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">shoulders;</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּתֵ֑ף</span> <span class="translit">(kā·ṯêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3802.htm">Strong's 3802: </a> </span><span class="str2">The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when they leaned</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְהִֽשָּׁעֲנָ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·hiš·šā·‘ă·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8172.htm">Strong's 8172: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lean, support oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on you,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you broke</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·šā·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their backs</span><br /><span class="heb">מָתְנָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṯə·nā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4975.htm">Strong's 4975: </a> </span><span class="str2">The waist, small of the back, the loins</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were wrenched.’</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·‘ă·maḏ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5976.htm">Strong's 5976: </a> </span><span class="str2">Be at a stand </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Ezekiel 29:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 29:7 When they took hold of you (Ezek. 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