2 Kings 18:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Is he depending on Egypt and its king? That's the same as leaning on a broken stick, and it will go right through his hand.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:4

But later, Hoshea refused to pay the taxes and asked King So of Egypt to help him rebel. When Shalmaneser found out, he arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.

Isaiah 1:1

I am Isaiah, the son of Amoz. And this is the message that I was given about Judah and Jerusalem when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah:

Isaiah 20:5

They will be confused and frustrated, because they depended on Ethiopia and boasted about Egypt.

Isaiah 30:1

This is the LORD's message for his rebellious people: “You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.

Isaiah 30:7

Egypt can't help you! That's why I call that nation a helpless monster.

Isaiah 36:6

Is he depending on Egypt and its king? That's the same as leaning on a broken stick, and it will go right through his hand.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give the king of Egypt this new name, “Talks-Big-Does-Nothing”.

Jeremiah 46:2

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia defeated King Neco of Egypt in a battle at the city of Carchemish near the River Euphrates. And here is what the LORD told me to say about the Egyptian army:

Hosea 1:1

I am Hosea son of Beeri. When Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and when Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel, the LORD spoke this message to me.