Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it
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.
A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an allian