Isaiah 30:2

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Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt
without asking My advice,
in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection
and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Numbers 27:21

He will stand before Eleazar who will consult the Lord for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”

Isaiah 36:6

Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.

Jeremiah 43:7

and they went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.

Deuteronomy 28:68

The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Joshua 9:14

Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the Lord’s counsel.

Judges 9:15

The bramble said to the trees,
“If you really are anointing me
as king over you,
come and find refuge in my shade.
But if not,
may fire come out from the bramble
and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”

1 Kings 22:7

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here anymore? Let’s ask him.”

2 Kings 17:4

But the king of Assyria discovered Hoshea’s conspiracy. He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.

Isaiah 16:3

Give us counsel and make a decision.
Shelter us at noonday
with shade that is as dark as night.
Hide the refugees;
do not betray the one who flees.

Isaiah 18:1

Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush

Isaiah 20:5-6

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.
They do not look to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Isaiah 36:9

How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Jeremiah 21:2

“Ask the Lord on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all His past wonderful works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”

Jeremiah 37:5

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:2

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the Lord your God on our behalf, on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many, as you can see with your own eyes),

Jeremiah 42:20

You have led your own selves astray because you are the ones who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God on our behalf, and as for all that the Lord our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.’

Lamentations 4:20

ר ReshThe Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”

Ezekiel 29:6-7

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Isaiah 30:2

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Walk

And have

Jeremiah 42:2

The shadow

General references

Proverbs 25:19

Bible References

Walk

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.

The Lord will take you back in ships to Egypt by a route that I said you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

and they went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.

And have

Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the Lord’s counsel.

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here anymore? Let’s ask him.”

“Ask the Lord on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar

king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all His past wonderful works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”

The shadow

Give us counsel and make a decision.
Shelter us at noonday
with shade that is as dark as night.
Hide the refugees;
do not betray the one who flees.

Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush

ר ReshThe Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,

was captured in their traps.
We had said about him,
“We will live under his protection among the nations.”

General references

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.