Bible Cross References
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Isaiah 20:5
Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered.
Isaiah 20:6
When that time comes, the people who live along the coast of Philistia will say, 'Look at what has happened to the people we relied on to protect us from the emperor of Assyria! How will we ever survive?' "
Isaiah 30:1-7
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The LORD has spoken: "Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
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They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt to protect them, so they put their trust in Egypt's king.
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But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster.
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Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,
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the people of Judah will regret that they ever trusted that unreliable nation, a nation that fails them when they expect help."
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This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: "The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help.
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The help that Egypt gives is useless. So I have nicknamed Egypt, 'The Harmless Dragon.' "
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.
2 Kings 17:4
But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for his help, and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria. When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.
2 Kings 18:21
You are expecting Egypt to help you, but that would be like using a reed as a walking stick---it would break and jab your hand. That is what the king of Egypt is like when anyone relies on him."
Jeremiah 37:5-8
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The Babylonian army had been besieging Jerusalem, but when they heard that the Egyptian army had crossed the Egyptian border, they retreated.
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Then the LORD, the God of Israel, told me
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to say to Zedekiah, "The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home.
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Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
Ezekiel 29:6
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD." The LORD says, "The Israelites relied on you Egyptians for support, but you were no better than a weak stick.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they leaned on you, you broke, pierced their armpits, and made them wrench their backs.