Lamentations 4:17

The People Of Zion Speak Out

¹⁶ The LORD himself has scattered them; he will no more regard them. They did not respect the priests, they did not favor the elders. ¹⁷ Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. ¹⁸ They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets. Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come.

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Ezekiel 29:16

It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."'"

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not come again out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Isaiah 20:5

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Isaiah 30:1-7

"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:36

Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

Jeremiah 8:20

"'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'

Jeremiah 37:7-10

"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wandering all her precious things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, they mocked at her desolations.

Lamentations 1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city, while they searched for food to refresh their souls.