Isaiah 20:5

Easy To Read Version

People looked to Ethiopia for help. Those people will be broken. People were amazed by Egypt’s glory. Those people will be shamed.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

You are leaning on a walking stick made of broken reed! This walking stick is Egypt. If a man leans on this walking stick, {it will break and} go through his hand and hurt him! The king of Egypt is like that to all people that trust in him.

Isaiah 30:3

“But I tell you, hiding in Egypt will not help you. Egypt will not be able to protect you.

Isaiah 30:5

But they will be disappointed. They are depending on a nation that can’t help them. Egypt is useless—Egypt will give no help. Egypt will cause only shame and embarrassment.”

Isaiah 30:7

That useless nation is Egypt. Egypt’s help will be worth nothing. So I call Egypt the “Do-Nothing Dragon.”

Isaiah 31:1

Look at the people going down to Egypt for help. The people ask for horses. They think horses will save them. The people hope the chariots {\cf2\super [289]} and horse soldiers from Egypt will protect them. The people think they are safe because that army is very big. The people don’t trust the Holy One of Israel (God). The people don’t ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 36:6

Are you depending on Egypt to help you? Egypt is like a broken stick. If you lean on it for support, it will only hurt you and make a hole in your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, can’t be trusted by any of the people that depend on him for help.

Isaiah 36:9

But even then you will not be able to defeat even one of my master’s lowest ranking officers! So why do you continue to depend on Egypt’s chariots {\cf2\super [339]} and horse soldiers!

Jeremiah 17:5

The Lord says these things:\par “Bad things will happen to people\par that trust only other people.\par Bad things will happen to people\par that depend on other people for strength.\par Why? Because those people have stopped\par trusting the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “Very soon I will punish Amon, {\cf2\super [369]} the god of Thebes. And I will punish Pharaoh, Egypt, and her gods. I will punish the kings of Egypt. And I will punish the people that depend on Pharaoh.

Ezekiel 29:16

And the family of Israel will never again depend on Egypt. The Israelites will remember their sin—they will remember that they turned to Egypt \{for help and not to God\}. And they will know that I am the Lord and Master.”

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia and Egypt gave Thebes much strength. The Sudan and Libya supported her.

Zephaniah 2:12

People of Ethiopia, this means even you! The Lord’s sword will kill your people.

1 Corinthians 3:21

So you should not boast about men. All things are yours: