Isaiah 30:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You trust Egypt for protection. So you refuse my advice and send messengers to Egypt to beg their king for help.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:7

But Jehoshaphat said, “Just to make sure, is there another of the LORD's prophets we can ask?”

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.

2 Kings 18:21

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.

Isaiah 16:3

Moab's messengers say to the people of Judah, “Be kind and help us! Shade us from the heat of the noonday sun. Hide our refugees! Don't turn them away.

Isaiah 18:1

Downstream from Ethiopia lies the country of Egypt, swarming with insects.

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.

Isaiah 36:9

How could you defeat even our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?

Isaiah 8:19

Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortune-tellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods

Jeremiah 2:18

and you trusted the power of Egypt and Assyria.

Jeremiah 21:2

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia has attacked Judah. Please ask the LORD to work miracles for our people, as he has done in the past, so that Nebuchadnezzar will leave us alone.”

Jeremiah 42:14

We are going to Egypt, where there is plenty of food and no danger of war.”

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Jeremiah 42:20

You asked me to pray and find out what the LORD our God wants you to do, and you promised to obey him. But that was a terrible mistake,

Jeremiah 43:7

The people disobeyed the LORD and went to Egypt. The group had settled in Tahpanhes,

Lamentations 4:20

The LORD's chosen leader was our hope for survival! We thought he would keep us safe somewhere among the nations, but even he was caught in one of their traps.

Hosea 7:13

Trouble and destruction will be their reward for rejecting me. I would have rescued them, but they told me lies.

Hosea 8:10

You can bargain with nations, but I'll catch you anyway. Soon you will suffer abuse by kings and rulers.

Hosea 8:9

You are like a wild donkey that goes its own way. You've run off to Assyria and hired them as allies.

Numbers 27:21

But Joshua must depend on Eleazar to find out from me what I want him to do as he leads Israel into battle.”

Deuteronomy 28:68

I told you never to go back to Egypt. But now the LORD himself will load you on ships and send you back. Then you will even try to sell yourselves as slaves, but no one will be interested.

Joshua 9:14

The Israelites tried some of the food, but they did not ask the LORD if he wanted them to make a treaty.

Judges 9:15

The thorn bush replied, “If you really want me to be your king, then come into my shade and I will protect you. But if you're deceiving me, I'll start a fire that will spread out and destroy the cedars of Lebanon.” After Jotham had finished telling this story, he said: