They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At
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.
So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourse
For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, an
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will l
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray
Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire rem
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LO
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
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not pai
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if no
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and