Lamentations 4:17

Still our eyes failed, [looking for] our help in vain; in our watchtower, we kept watch for a nation that could not save.

Ezekiel 29:16

And it will not be again for the house of Israel an object of trust, bringing to remembrance [their] guilt {when they turned back to them}, and they will know that I [am] the Lord Yahweh."

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not again come out from his land, for the king of Babylon had taken [territory] from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

And all of the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I [am] Yahweh, because of their being a staff of reed for the house of Israel.

Isaiah 30:1-7

"Oh rebellious children!" {declares} Yahweh, "to make a plan, but not from me, and pour out a libation, but not [from] my Spirit, {so as to add} sin to sin.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Ah! Those who go down [to] Egypt for help! They rely on horses and trust in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very numerous, and they do not look to the holy one of Israel, and they do not consult Yahweh.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now {why do you go} the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And {why do you go} the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the {Euphrates}?

Jeremiah 2:36

How you go about so much changing your way! Also by Egypt you will be put to shame, just as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 8:20

[The] harvest has passed, [the] summer has come to an end, and we have not received help.

Jeremiah 37:7-10

"Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire [of] me, "Look, the army of Pharaoh, which set out to help you, [is] going to return to his land Egypt.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers the days of her misery and wanderings, all her treasures that were from the days of long ago. When her people fell into [the] hand of the enemy, there was no one helping her; the enemies saw her, they mocked at her destruction.

Lamentations 1:19

I have called to my lovers, they themselves deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city when they sought food for themselves to revive their life.

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Summary

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

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Bible References

Our eyes

Lamentations 1:19
I have called to my lovers, they themselves deceived me; my priests and elders perished in the city when they sought food for themselves to revive their life.
2 Kings 24:7
The king of Egypt did not again come out from his land, for the king of Babylon had taken [territory] from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride.
Isaiah 30:1
"Oh rebellious children!" {declares} Yahweh, "to make a plan, but not from me, and pour out a libation, but not [from] my Spirit, {so as to add} sin to sin.
Isaiah 31:1
Ah! Those who go down [to] Egypt for help! They rely on horses and trust in chariots because [they are] many, and in horsemen because they are very numerous, and they do not look to the holy one of Israel, and they do not consult Yahweh.
Jeremiah 2:18
And now {why do you go} the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And {why do you go} the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the {Euphrates}?
Jeremiah 8:20
[The] harvest has passed, [the] summer has come to an end, and we have not received help.
Jeremiah 37:7
"Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire [of] me, "Look, the army of Pharaoh, which set out to help you, [is] going to return to his land Egypt.
Ezekiel 29:6
And all of the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I [am] Yahweh, because of their being a staff of reed for the house of Israel.

General references

Psalm 119:123
My eyes long for your salvation, and your righteous word.