2Ch 28:20-22, Isa 30:2-3, 16, 31:1-3, Jer 2:28, 36-37, 30:12-15, Hos 5:13 | ESV | STEP | So Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.

2 Chronicles 28:20-22

20 So ^aTiglath-pileser ^{▼▼Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser} king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 ^cFor Ahaz took a portion from the house of the Lord and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him.

Ahaz’s Idolatry

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.

Isaiah 30:2-3

2 ^dwho set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 ^eTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

Isaiah 30:16

16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon ^fhorses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ^gthose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^htrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ⁱdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And ^jyet he is wise and brings disaster;
^khe does not call back his words,
but ^lwill arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of ^mthose who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ⁿare flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

Jeremiah 2:28

28 But ^owhere are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, ^pif they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for ^qas many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.

Jeremiah 2:36-37

36 ^rHow much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be ^sput to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.
37 From it too you will come away
with ^tyour hands on your head,
for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,
and you will not prosper by them.

Jeremiah 30:12-15

12 “For thus says the Lord:
^uYour hurt is incurable,
^vand your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause,
no medicine for your wound,
^wno healing for you.
14 ^xAll your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of ^yan enemy,
the punishment ^zof a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
^aabecause your sins are flagrant.
15 ^abWhy do you cry out over your hurt?
^acYour pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
^adbecause your sins are flagrant,
I have done these things to you.

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^aehis wound,
then Ephraim went ^afto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^ahBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^aiyour wound.