2 Kings 18:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria found Hoshea guilty of conspiracy for sending messengers to the king of Egypt at Sais, and for failure to pay the annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested and imprisoned him.

Isaiah 1:1

The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 20:5

They shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia, their hope, and because of Egypt, their boast.

Isaiah 30:1

Ah! Rebellious children, oracle of the Lord, Who carry out a plan that is not mine, who make an alliance I did not inspire, thus adding sin upon sin;

Isaiah 30:7

to Egypt whose help is futile and vain. Therefore I call her “Rahab Sit-still.”

Isaiah 36:6

Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name “Braggart-missed-his-chance.”

Jeremiah 46:2

Concerning Egypt. Against the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Hosea 1:1

The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel. Marriage of Hosea and Gomer.