Isaiah 20:5

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

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.

Isaiah 2:22

As for you, stop worrying about mortals, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for of what worth are they?

Isaiah 30:3

Pharaoh’s protection shall become your shame, refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.

Isaiah 30:5

All shall be ashamed of a people that gain them nothing, Neither help nor benefit, but only shame and reproach.

Isaiah 30:7

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

Isaiah 31:1

Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses; Who put their trust in chariots because of their number, and in horsemen because of their combined power, But look not to the Holy One of Israel nor seek the Lord!

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.

Isaiah 36:9

How then can you turn back even a captain, one of the least servants of my lord, trusting, as you do, in Egypt for chariots and horses?

Isaiah 37:9

The king of Assyria heard a report: “Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, has come out to fight against you.” Again he sent messengers to Hezekiah to say:

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon of Thebes and Egypt, gods, kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:16

No longer shall they be security for the house of Israel, But a reminder of its iniquity in turning away to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God. Wages for Nebuchadnezzar.

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt without end; Put and the Libyans were her allies.

Zephaniah 2:12

You too, O Cushites, shall be slain by the sword of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:21

So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you,