Ezekiel 29:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke, and so you wounded all of their shoulders. And when they leaned on you, you shattered, and so you injured all of their lower backs.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

Do you hope in Egypt, that staff of a broken reed, which, if a man would lean upon it, breaking, it would pierce his hand? Such is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who would trust in him.

Proverbs 25:19

Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,

Isaiah 20:5

And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.

Isaiah 30:3

And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.

Isaiah 36:6

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, in that broken staff of a reed. But if a man were to lean against it, it would enter his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.

Lamentations 4:17

AIN. While we were still standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively toward a nation that was not able to save.

Ezekiel 29:16

And they will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, so that they may flee and follow them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God."

Nahum 3:10

Nevertheless, she has been led away with the transmigration into captivity. Her little ones have been dashed in pieces at the top of every street, and they have cast lots over her celebrities, and all her elite have been fastened together in shackles.

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt were its strength, and there is no limit. Africa and Northern Africa have been your helpers.