Lamentations 4:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We have worn out our eyes looking for help, but no help comes. We kept on looking for a nation to save us. We kept watch from our watchtower, but no nation came to us.

Cross References

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 GOD.”

Isaiah 20:5

Those who looked to Ethiopia for help will be shattered. Those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be ashamed.”

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Babylon captured all the land between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River. This land was previously controlled by Egypt. So the king of Egypt did not leave Egypt anymore.

Lamentations 1:19

I called out to my lovers, but they tricked me. My priests and my elders have died in the city. They were looking for food for themselves. They wanted to keep themselves alive.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem thinks back. She remembers the time when she was hurt and when she lost her home. She remembers all the nice things that she had in the past. She remembers those nice things that she had in the old days. She remembers when her people were captured by the enemy. She remembers when there was no one to help her. When her enemies saw her, they laughed, because she was destroyed.

Jeremiah 8:20

And the people say, “Harvest time is over. Summer is gone, and still we have not been saved.”

Jeremiah 2:36

You go from one place to another looking for help, always changing your mind. But Egypt will also disappoint you, just as Assyria did.

Jeremiah 2:18

People of Judah, think about this: How did it help you to go to Egypt and drink from the Nile River? How did it help you to go to Assyria and drink from the Euphrates River?

Isaiah 28:18

Your agreement with death will be erased. Your contract with Sheol will not help you. “Someone will come and punish you. He will make you like the dirt he walks on.

Jeremiah 2:37

So you will eventually leave Egypt too, and you will hide your face in shame. You trusted these countries, but the Lord rejected them, so they cannot help you win.

Lamentations 5:6

We made an agreement with Egypt. We also made an agreement with Assyria to get enough bread.