2Ki 18:21, 23:33, Isa 30:1-6, 31:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Behold , you are trusting now in Egypt , that broken reed of a 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.

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.

2 Kings 23:33

33 And ^bPharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ^cRiblah in the land of ^dHamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver and a talent of gold.

Isaiah 30:1-6

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

1 “Ah, ^fstubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^g“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^han alliance, ^{▼▼Hebrew who weave a web} but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 ^jwho 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 ^kTherefore 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 ^lZoan
and ^mhis envoys reach ⁿHanes,
5 everyone comes to shame
through ^oa people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6 An ^poracle on ^qthe beasts of ^rthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the ^sflying 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.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ^tthose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^utrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^vdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And ^wyet he is wise and brings disaster;
^xhe does not call back his words,
but ^ywill arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of ^zthose who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^aaare 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.