So Egypt was continually proving to Israel, to Jehoiakim and to Zedekiah. The tenses are present, not past.

To be at a standstill - O…

All their loins to be at a stand.— The expression is a difficult one, but the more probable sense is, all their loins to shake…

When they took hold of you by your hand When the Israelites entered into an alliance and confederacy with the Egyptians, …

Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God and should use it for God. Why,…