Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
And the
The reeds
Bible References
And the
Isaiah 37:25
I myself dug and drank waters, and I caused all the streams of Egypt to dry up by the sole of my feet."
2 Kings 19:24
I dug [wells] and I drank foreign water, and I dried up with the sole of my steps all the canals of Egypt.'
The reeds
Isaiah 18:2
that sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on [the] surface of [the] waters! Go, swift messengers, to a {tall} and {smooth} nation, to a people feared {near and far}, a {mighty, mighty} and trampling nation, whose land rivers divide.
Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.
Job 8:11
Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?