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- Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to Pharaoh.
- they have been a reed stalk - Yahweh compares the people of Egypt and Pharaoh with a reed stalk because the people of Israel relied on the Egyptians to help them in war, but the Egyptians were not strong enough to help them. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- reed - a plant that grows near water and looks like very large grass
- stalk - the part of a reed that that is long and like a thick stick. People can use them like sticks, but the stalks of reeds are not as strong as wood and can break suddenly.
- took hold of you - The word "you" refers to Pharaoh.
- you shattered their legs and made their hip to shake - "you injured their entire hip"