Lamentations 4:17

New Century Version

Also, our eyes grew tired, looking for help that never came. We kept watch from our towers for a nation to save us.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not leave his land again, because the king of Babylon had captured all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Isaiah 20:5

People who looked to Cush for help will be afraid, and those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be shamed.

Isaiah 28:18

Your agreement with death will be erased; your contract with death will not help you. When terrible punishment comes, you will be crushed by it.

Jeremiah 2:18

It did not help to go to Egypt and drink from the Shihor River. It did not help to go to Assyria and drink from the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 2:36

It is so easy for you to change your mind. Even Egypt will let you down, as Assyria let you down.

Jeremiah 2:37

You will eventually leave that place with your hands on your head, like captives. You trusted those countries, but you will not be helped by them, because the Lord has rejected them.

Jeremiah 8:20

And the people say, “Harvest time is over; summer has ended, and we have not been saved.”

Lamentations 1:19

“I called out to my friends, but they turned against me. My priests and my elders have died in the city while looking for food to stay alive.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem is suffering and homeless. She remembers all the good things from the past. But her people were defeated by the enemy, and there was no one to help her. When her enemies saw her, they laughed to see her ruined.

Lamentations 5:6

We made an agreement with Egypt and with Assyria to get enough food.

Ezekiel 29:16

The Israelites will never again depend on Egypt. Instead, Egypt’s punishment will remind the Israelites of their sin in turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.’ ”