Isaiah 20:5

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And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

See, you are relying now on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Isaiah 2:22

Turn away from mortals, who have only breath in their nostrils, for of what account are they?

Isaiah 30:3

Therefore the protection of Pharaoh shall become your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation.

Isaiah 30:5

everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.

Isaiah 30:7

For Egypt's help is worthless and empty, therefore I have called her, “Rahab who sits still.”

Isaiah 31:1

Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Isaiah 36:6

See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Isaiah 36:9

How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Isaiah 37:9

Now the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, “He has set out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 46:25

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:16

The Egyptians shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel; they will recall their iniquity, when they turned to them for aid. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.

Nahum 3:9

Ethiopia was her strength, Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.

Zephaniah 2:12

You also, O Ethiopians, shall be killed by my sword.

1 Corinthians 3:21

So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours,