2Ki 18:21, Isa 30:3, 5, 7, 36:6, Eze 29:6-7 | 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.

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 30:3

3 ^bTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

Isaiah 30:5

5 everyone comes to shame
through ^ca people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”

Isaiah 30:7

7 Egypt’s ^dhelp is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
^e“Rahab who sits still.”

Isaiah 36:6

6 ^fBehold, you are trusting 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.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

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

“Because you ^{▼▼Hebrew they} have been ⁱa staff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 ^jwhen 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}