Lamentations 4:17
"As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us."
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- Ezekiel 29:16
"And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 24:7
"And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 20:5
"And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 31:1
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 2:36
"Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 8:20
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 37:7
"Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 30:1
"Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 29:6
"And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 2:18
"And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?"
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