Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his he
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the L
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their ow
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the L
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an allian
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 this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flouri
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands.
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and no
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it,
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redee
Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into th
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended