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Ezekiel 29

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In the tenth H6224 (עֲשִׂירִי) — tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • in the twelfth H6240 (עָשָׂר) — ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
  • in the twelfth H8147 (שְׁנַיִם) — two; also (as ordinal) twofold
  • of the month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
  • thy face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • against Pharaoh H6547 (פַּרְעֹה) — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and prophesy H5012 (נָבָא) — to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
  • against him, and against all Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

3 speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Speak H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • and say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • Thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • against thee, Pharaoh H6547 (פַּרְעֹה) — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • the great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • dragon H8577 (תַּנִּין) — a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
  • that lieth H7257 (רָבַץ) — to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of his rivers H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • which hath said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • My river H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • mine own, and I have made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

4 And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But I will put H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • hooks H2397 (חָח) — a ring for the nose (or lips)
  • in thy jaws H3895 (לְחִי) — the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
  • and I will cause the fish H1710 (דָּגָה)
  • of thy rivers H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • to stick H1692 (דָּבַק) — properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
  • unto thy scales H7193 (קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת) — a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
  • and I will bring thee up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • out of the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • and all the fish H1710 (דָּגָה)
  • shall stick H1692 (דָּבַק) — properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit

5 And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And I will leave H5203 (נָטַשׁ) — properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject,…
  • into the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
  • thee and all the fish H1710 (דָּגָה)
  • of thy rivers H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • thou shalt fall H5307 (נָפַל) — to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
  • upon the open H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • fields H7704 (שָׂדֶה) — a field (as flat)
  • thou shalt not be brought together H622 (אָסַף) — to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
  • nor gathered H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • I have given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • thee for meat H402 (אׇכְלָה) — food
  • to the beasts H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
  • of the field H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • and to the fowls H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
  • of the heaven H8064 (שָׁמַיִם) — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And all the inhabitants H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • because they have been a staff H4938 (מִשְׁעֵנָה) — support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
  • of reed H7070 (קָנֶה) — a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
  • to the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

7 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.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • When they took hold H8610 (תָּפַשׂ) — to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
  • of thee by thy hand H3709 (כַּף) — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); fig…
  • thou didst break H7533 (רָצַץ) — to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively
  • and rend H1234 (בָּקַע) — to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
  • all their shoulder H3802 (כָּתֵף) — the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
  • and when they leaned H8172 (שָׁעַן) — to support one's self
  • upon thee, thou brakest H7665 (שָׁבַר) — to burst (literally or figuratively)
  • and madest all their loins H4975 (מֹתֶן) — properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
  • to be at a stand H5976 (עָמַד) — to shake

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Therefore thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • Behold, I will bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • a sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • upon thee, and cut off H3772 (כָּרַת) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh a…
  • man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • and beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

9 And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • shall be desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • and waste H2723 (חׇרְבָּה) — properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
  • and they shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • because he hath said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • The river H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • mine, and I have made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

10 therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • against thee, and against thy rivers H2975 (יְאֹר) — a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river o…
  • and I will make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • utterly H2721 (חֹרֶב) — drought or desolation
  • waste H2723 (חׇרְבָּה) — properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
  • desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • from the tower H4024 (מִגְדּוֹל) — Migdol, a place in Egypt
  • of Syene H5482 (סְוֵנֵה) — Seven, a place in Upper Egypt
  • even unto the border H1366 (גְּבוּל) — properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
  • of Ethiopia H3568 (כּוּשׁ) — Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • No foot H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • shall pass through H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
  • it, nor foot H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
  • of beast H929 (בְּהֵמָה) — properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
  • it, neither shall it be inhabited H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
  • forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)

12 And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And I will make H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • desolate H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
  • and her cities H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
  • among H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • the cities H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
  • laid waste H2717 (חָרַב) — to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
  • shall be desolate H8077 (שְׁמָמָה) — devastation; figuratively, astonishment
  • forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • and I will scatter H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
  • the Egyptians H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • among the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • and will disperse H2219 (זָרָה) — to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
  • them through the countries H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

13 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yet thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • At the end H7093 (קֵץ) — an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
  • of forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • will I gather H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
  • the Egyptians H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • from the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • whither they were scattered H6327 (פּוּץ) — to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

14 and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And I will bring again H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • the captivity H7622 (שְׁבוּת) — exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • and will cause them to return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Pathros H6624 (פַּתְרוֹס) — Pathros, a part of Egypt
  • into the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of their habitation H4351 (מְכוּרָה) — origin (as if a mine)
  • and they shall be there a base H8217 (שָׁפָל) — depressed, literally or figuratively
  • kingdom H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • It shall be the basest H8217 (שָׁפָל) — depressed, literally or figuratively
  • of the kingdoms H4467 (מַמְלָכָה) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
  • neither shall it exalt H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • itself any more above the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • for I will diminish H4591 (מָעַט) — properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
  • them, that they shall no more rule H7287 (רָדָה) — to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
  • over the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And it shall be no more the confidence H4009 (מִבְטָח) — properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • which bringeth H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
  • iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
  • to remembrance H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
  • when they shall look H6437 (פָּנָה) — to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
  • after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
  • them: but they shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And it came to pass in the seven H7651 (שֶׁבַע) — seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
  • and twentieth H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • in the first H7223 (רִאשׁוֹן) — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
  • in the first H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
  • of the month H2320 (חֹדֶשׁ) — the new moon; by implication, a month
  • the word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • came unto me, saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • Nebuchadnezzar H5019 (נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר) — Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Babylon H894 (בָּבֶל) — Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
  • caused H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
  • his army H2428 (חַיִל) — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
  • to serve H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
  • a great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • service H5656 (עֲבֹדָה) — work of any kind
  • against Tyre H6865 (צֹר) — Tsor, a place in Palestine
  • every head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
  • made bald H7139 (קָרַח) — to depilate
  • and every shoulder H3802 (כָּתֵף) — the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
  • peeled H4803 (מָרַט) — to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen
  • yet had he no wages H7939 (שָׂכָר) — payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
  • nor his army H2428 (חַיִל) — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
  • for Tyre H6865 (צֹר) — Tsor, a place in Palestine
  • for the service H5656 (עֲבֹדָה) — work of any kind
  • that he had served H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Therefore thus saith H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
  • Behold, I will give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • unto Nebuchadnezzar H5019 (נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר) — Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Babylon H894 (בָּבֶל) — Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
  • and he shall take H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • her multitude H1995 (הָמוֹן) — a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth
  • and take H7997 (שָׁלַל) — to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
  • her spoil H7998 (שָׁלָל) — booty
  • and take H962 (בָּזַז) — to plunder
  • her prey H957 (בַּז) — plunder
  • and it shall be the wages H7939 (שָׂכָר) — payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
  • for his army H2428 (חַיִל) — probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

20 I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I have given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • him the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • his labour H6468 (פְּעֻלָּה) — (abstractly) work
  • wherewith he served H5647 (עָבַד) — to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
  • against it, because they wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • for me, saith H5002 (נְאֻם) — an oracle
  • the Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
  • Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)

21 In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • will I cause H6779 (צָמַח) — to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
  • the horn H7161 (קֶרֶן) — a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ra…
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • to bud forth H6779 (צָמַח) — to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
  • and I will give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • thee the opening H6610 (פִּתְחוֹן) — opening (the act)
  • of the mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of them; and they shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God