Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 29:6

"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." — Ezekiel 29:6 (ASV)

A staff of reed.— In Isaiah 36:6, the dependence of Judah upon Egypt is described as trust in the staff of this broken reed; but despite all warnings, they still trusted, especially at the time of this prophecy, and proved in their experience the truth of the Divine word. The figure is taken from the reeds, which grew abundantly on the banks of the Nile, and the statement is historically amplified in the following verse, where the reference is to be understood not as any single fact but as a continual, often repeated result.

There should be a period in the middle of Ezekiel 29:6; the first half forms the conclusion of the previous denunciation, and the second half is closely connected with Ezekiel 29:7-9. Ezekiel 29:7 is parenthetical.