Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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Bible References
We will go
Jeremiah 41:17
and they departed and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, that they might go and enter into Egypt
Jeremiah 43:7
and they left for the land of Egypt; because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD: thus they came even to Tahpanhes.
Deuteronomy 29:19
and it shall be, when that one hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst.
Isaiah 30:16
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be even more swift.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those that go down to Egypt for help; and trust in horses and place their hope in chariots because they are many and in horsemen, because they are valiant, but they did not look unto the Holy One of Israel, neither did they seek the LORD!
Nor hear
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the alarm of war.
Exodus 16:3
and the sons of Israel said unto them, It would have been better if we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots and when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Exodus 17:3
So the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?
Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish, which we freely ate in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,
Numbers 16:13
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flowed with milk and honey to make us die in the wilderness, but thou must also make thyself lord to rule over us?
General references
Lamentations 5:9
We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Ezekiel 11:8
Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, said the Lord GOD.