Psalm 118:9
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9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to put confidence in princes.(A)
Ezekiel 29:7
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7 when they grasped you with the hand, you broke
and tore all their shoulders,
and when they leaned on you, you broke
and made all their legs give way.[a](A)
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- 29.7 Syr: Heb stand
Isaiah 31:1
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Alliance with Egypt Is Futile
31 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!(A)
Isaiah 30:2-3
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2 who set out to go down to Egypt
without asking for my counsel,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.(A)
3 Therefore the protection of Pharaoh shall become your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation.(B)
Psalm 146:3-5
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3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.(A)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(B)
5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,(C)
Isaiah 36:6-7
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6 See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.(A) 7 But if you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God,’ [[is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?]][a](B)
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- 36.7 Gk lacks: Heb adds is it not he . . . this altar’?
Isaiah 31:8
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8 “Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals,
and a sword not of humans shall devour him;
he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be put to forced labor.(A)
Isaiah 30:15-17
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15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.
But you refused(A) 16 and said,
‘No! We will flee upon horses’—
therefore you shall flee!
and, ‘We will ride upon swift steeds’—
therefore your pursuers shall be swift!(B)
17 A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
at the threat of five you shall flee
until you are left
like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
like a signal on a hill.(C)
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