Isaiah 20:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Isle

Job 22:30

Jeremiah 47:4

Whither

And how

Matthew 23:33

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Hebrews 2:3

General references

Isaiah 30:5

Isaiah 36:6

Philemon 1:15

Bible References

Isle

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains. For LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

Whither

And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet. And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

Woe to the rebellious sons, says LORD, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek LORD!

They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.

And how

Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?

For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;

General references

They shall all be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, who are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Behold, thou trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

For perhaps because of this he departed for an hour, so that thou might receive him back forever,