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'll even deliver the guilty, who will be delivered through your innocence."

for the day is coming to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains. For the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant of the coastlands of Caphtor.

Whither

And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floods will overflow your hiding place.

"Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin.

"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!

For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far.

And how

You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?

When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

General references

There is only loathsome destruction through a people that cannot benefit them, who bring neither help nor profit, but only shame and disgrace."

Take note: you're relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the palm of anyone who leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everybody who depends on him!

15Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you could have him back forever,