Isa 36:6, Eze 29:6-7 | ESV | STEP | Behold , 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.

e[ch. 17:17; Isa. 20:5; 30:3, 5; Jer. 2:36; 37:5, 7]

Isaiah 36:6

6 ^aBehold, 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 ^bshall know that I am the Lord.

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