Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Stay on horses
They look
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To them
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan,
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
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.
Isaiah 57:9 You went to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
Ezekiel 17:15
However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?
Hosea 11:5 Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,
because they refused to repent.
and Assyria will be his king,
because they refused to repent.
Stay on horses
Isaiah 30:16 You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
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?
Deuteronomy 17:16
However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
Psalm 20:7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.
but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.
Psalm 33:16 A king is not saved by a large army;
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.
They look
Isaiah 5:12 At their feasts they have lyre, harp,
tambourine, flute, and wine.
They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,
and they do not see the work of His hands.
tambourine, flute, and wine.
They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,
and they do not see the work of His hands.
Isaiah 17:7
On that day people will look to their Maker and will turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 22:11
You made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.
2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Jeremiah 2:13 For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us,
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”
we will not ride on horses,
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’
to the work of our hands.
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”
Neither
Isaiah 9:13 The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
Isaiah 64:7 No one calls on Your name,
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of our iniquity.
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of
Daniel 9:13
Just as it is written in the law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not appeased the Lord our God by turning from our iniquities and paying attention to Your truth.
Hosea 7:7 All of them are as hot as an oven,
and they consume their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.
and they consume their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.
Amos 5:4
For the Lord says to the house of Israel:
Seek Me and live!
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Isaiah 30:5 everyone will be ashamed
because of a people who can’t help.
They are of no benefit, they are no help;
they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.
because of a people who can’t help.
They are of no benefit, they are no help;
they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.