2 Kings 18:21
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21 (A)Now look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
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Isaiah 30:7
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7 (A)For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
[a]Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:7 Lit. Rahab Sits Idle
Ezekiel 29:6-7
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6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a (A)staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 (B)When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their [a]shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:7 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. hand
Isaiah 30:2-3
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2 (A)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And (B)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 (C)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
Jeremiah 46:17
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17 They cried there,
‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise.
He has passed by the appointed time!’
Isaiah 36:6
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6 Look! You are trusting in the (A)staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who (B)trust in him.
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Isaiah 31:1-3
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The Folly of Not Trusting God
31 Woe to those (A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And (B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
(C)Nor seek the Lord!
2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster,
And (D)will not [a]call back His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers,
And against the help of those who work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish (E)together.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:2 retract
2 Kings 17:4
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4 And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
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