Isaiah 30:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Without asking my advice they set out to go down to Egypt in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Cross References

Isaiah 36:6

Look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff  that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.

Jeremiah 43:7

They went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.

Numbers 27:21

He will stand before the priest Eleazar who will consult the Lord for him with the decision of the Urim.  He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.’

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,  , was captured in their traps. We had said about him, ‘We will live under his protection among the nations.’

Jeremiah 42:20

You have gone astray at the cost of your lives  because you are the ones who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, “Pray to the Lord our God on our behalf, and as for all that the Lord our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.”

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘May our petition come before you;  pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,  on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,  as you can see with your own eyes),

Jeremiah 37:5

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt,  and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 21:2

‘Enquire of the Lord on our behalf, since King Nebuchadnezzar  , of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all his past wondrous works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.’

Isaiah 36:9

How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Isaiah 18:1

Woe to the land of buzzing insect wings beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 16:3

Give us counsel and make a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade that is as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy: He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt  and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years.  Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

1 Kings 22:7

But Jehoshaphat asked, ‘Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here any more?  Let’s ask him.’

Judges 9:15

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Joshua 9:14

Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the Lord’s decision.

Deuteronomy 28:68

The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again.  There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.’

2 Kings 18:21

Now look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff  that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it.  This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.

Isaiah 8:19

When they say to you, ‘Enquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,’  shouldn’t a people enquire of their God?  Should they enquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain by travelling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by travelling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 42:14

and if you say, “No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt  where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn  or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,”

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them,  for they fled from me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against me! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against me.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.

Hosea 8:10

Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.