Ezekiel 7:24

7:24 I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries 1  will be desecrated.

Ezekiel 13:5

13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 19:12

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind 2  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. 3 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Ezekiel 30:21-22

30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm 4  of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 5  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, 6  I am against 7  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.

Ezekiel 34:16

34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

1 sn Or “their holy places” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

2 sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

3 tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.

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

5 sn This may refer to the event recorded in Jer 37:5.

6 tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

7 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.