Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was already broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand, intensifying the metaphor of arm-breaking to describe total military incapacitation. The breaking of both arms (even the previously broken one receives further injury) suggests compound weakening and ultimate inability to wield weapons.

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