Ezekiel 29:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their legs give way.

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.

Proverbs 25:19

Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble.

Isaiah 20:5

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

Isaiah 30:3

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

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.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save.

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 3:10

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; even her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; lots were cast for her nobles; all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.

Nahum 3:9

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