Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not pai
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their mu