2Ki 17:4, 18:21, Isa 20:5-6, 30:1-7, 31:3, Jer 37:5-8, Eze 29:6-7 | ESV | STEP | But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea , for he had sent messengers to So , king of Egypt , and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria , as he had done year by year . Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison .

2 Kings 17:4

4 But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

2 Kings 18:21

21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of ^aa staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 20:5-6

5 ^bThen they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitants of ^cthis coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and ^dto whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”

Isaiah 30:1-7

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

1 “Ah, ^estubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^f“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^gan alliance, ^{▼▼Hebrew who weave a web} but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 ⁱwho 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 ^jTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
4 For though his officials are at ^kZoan
and ^lhis envoys reach ^mHanes,
5 everyone comes to shame
through ⁿa people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6 An ^ooracle on ^pthe beasts of ^qthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the ^rflying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
7 Egypt’s ^shelp is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
^t“Rahab who sits still.”

Isaiah 31:3

3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^uare 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 37:5-8

5 ^vThe army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when ^wthe Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, ^xthey withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7 “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who ^ysent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, ^zPharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to ^aareturn to Egypt, to its own land. 8 And ^abthe Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. ^acThey shall capture it and burn it with fire.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt ^adshall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you ^{▼▼Hebrew they} have been ^afa staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 ^agwhen they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake. ^{▼▼Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand}