Thematic Bible: Alliances with, forbidden to the israelites
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Egyptians » Alliances with, forbidden to the israelites
who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
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 don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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- Acquiring Horses
- Cavalry
- Chariots
- Doubting God
- Faithlessness, As Disobedience
- False Confidence
- Forbidden Alliances
- God's Counsel
- Horses
- Large Armies
- Largeness
- Leaders, Political