Ezekiel 29:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their loins to shake;

Cross References

2 Kings 18:21

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

Proverbs 25:19

Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

Isaiah 20:5

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

Isaiah 30:3

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

Isaiah 36:6

Behold, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man 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; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.

Ezekiel 29:16

And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

Nahum 3:10

Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity; her little ones were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Nahum 3:9

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