Lamentations 4:17

The People Of Zion Speak Out

¹⁶ Jehovah has sent them in all directions. He will no longer take care of them. They had no respect for the priests and gave no honor to the elders. ¹⁷ Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.
¹⁸ They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are numbered. Our end has come.

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Ezekiel 29:16

It will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.'

2 Kings 24:7

The king of Egypt did not leave his own country again because the king of Babylon captured all the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River. This territory belonged to the king of Egypt.

Isaiah 20:5

Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Jehovah. This is because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

Isaiah 30:1-7

Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.

Isaiah 31:1-3

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help! Cursed are those who rely on very strong warhorses, who depend on many chariots. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel. They do not seek Jehovah.

Jeremiah 2:18

Why are you going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile (Shihor) River? You will not gain anything by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates River.

Jeremiah 2:36

You change your mind so easily. You will be shamed by Egypt as you were shamed by Assyria.

Jeremiah 8:20

Harvest is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Jeremiah 37:7-10

This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to get advice from me: Pharaoh's army has come out to help you. But it will go back to Egypt, its own land.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem remembers in her days of sorrow and of her wanderings, all the desired things that were hers in the past. When her people were captive to the power of her adversary she had no helper. Her attackers desired her and made fun of her in her destruction.

Lamentations 1:19

I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me. My priests and my responsible men are dying. They look for food to give them new life.