Lamentations 5:6

A Request For Mercy

⁵ We are pursued on our necks; we grow weary; rest is not given to us. ⁶ We have given the hand to Egypt, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread. ⁷ Our fathers have sinned and are not; we have borne their iniquities.

Asshur

Assur

Assyria

Assyrians

Egypt

Egyptians

Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Genesis 24:2

And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, I pray you, put your hand under my thigh.

2 Kings 10:15

And he left there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give your hand. And he gave his hand. And he took him up to him into the chariot.

Isaiah 30:1-6

Woe to the rebellious sons, says Jehovah, who make advice, but not of Me; and who cover with a covering, but not of My Spirit, that they add sin to sin;

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!

Isaiah 57:9

And you went to the king with ointment, and increased your perfumes, and sent your messengers far off, and lowered yourself even to hell.

Jeremiah 2:18

And now what is for you toward the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? Or what for you toward Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?

Jeremiah 2:36

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

Jeremiah 44:12-14

And I will take the remnant of Judah, who have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there; and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be destroyed by the sword and by the famine. They shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be a curse, a wonder, and a shame, and a reproach.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against her all around. She has given her hand; her foundations have fallen, her walls have been thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.

Ezekiel 17:18

And he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant. And, behold, he had given his hand, and has done all these, he shall not escape.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb. Yet he could not heal you nor cure you of your wound.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.