Isaiah 30:4
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4 For though his power extends to Zoan
and his officials have arrived in Hanes,
Isaiah 19:11
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11 What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Jeremiah 43:7
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7 The people refused to obey the voice of the Lord and went to Egypt, going as far as the city of Tahpanhes.
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Isaiah 57:9
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9 You have gone to Molech[a]
with olive oil and many perfumes,
sending your agents far and wide,
even to the world of the dead.[b]
Hosea 7:16
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16 They look everywhere except to the Most High.
They are as useless as a crooked bow.
Their leaders will be killed by their enemies
because of their insolence toward me.
Then the people of Egypt
will laugh at them.
Hosea 7:11-12
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11 “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
12 But as they fly about,
I will throw my net over them
and bring them down like a bird from the sky.
I will punish them for all the evil they do.[a]
Footnotes
- 7:12 Hebrew I will punish them because of what was reported against them in the assembly.
Ezekiel 30:18
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18 When I come to break the proud strength of Egypt,
it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes, too.
A dark cloud will cover Tahpanhes,
and its daughters will be led away as captives.
Ezekiel 30:14
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2 Kings 17:4
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4 But Hoshea stopped paying the annual tribute and conspired against the king of Assyria by asking King So of Egypt[a] to help him shake free of Assyria’s power. When the king of Assyria discovered this treachery, he seized Hoshea and put him in prison.
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- 17:4 Or by asking the king of Egypt at Sais.
Numbers 13:22
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22 Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)
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