Isa 36:6, Jer 37:7, Lam 4:17, 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.

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.

Jeremiah 37:7

7 “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who ^bsent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, ^cPharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to ^dreturn to Egypt, to its own land.

Lamentations 4:17

17 ^eOur eyes failed, ever watching
^fvainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for ^ga nation which could not save.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

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

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