Isaiah 30:1-7

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

1 Ah, astubborn children,” declares the Lord,
b“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make can alliance,
Hebrew  who weave a web
but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 ewho 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 fTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
4For though his officials are at gZoan
and hhis envoys reach iHanes,
5everyone comes to shame
through ja people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6An koracle on lthe beasts of mthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the nflying 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.
7Egypt’s ohelp is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
pRahab who sits still.”

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to qthose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who rtrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but sdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!

Jeremiah 2:36

36 tHow much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be uput to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 37:5-10

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.

6Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7Thus 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. 8And abthe Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. acThey shall capture it and burn it with fire. 9Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away. 10 adFor even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and aeburn this city with fire.’”

Lamentations 4:17

17 afOur eyes failed, ever watching
agvainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for aha nation which could not save.

Ezekiel 17:15

15 aiBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ajto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. akWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he albreak the covenant and yet escape?

Hosea 7:11

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
amsilly and without sense,
calling to anEgypt, going to aoAssyria.
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