Verse 17

Our eyes{H5869} do yet fail{H3615} [in looking] for our vain{H1892} help:{H5833} In our watching{H6836} we have watched{H6822} for a nation{H1471} that could not save.{H3467}

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 29:16 : 16 And it shall be no more the confidence{H4009} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} bringing{H2142} iniquity{H5771} to remembrance,{H2142} when they turn to look{H6437} after{H310} them: and they shall know{H3045} that I am the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 And all the inhabitants{H3427} of Egypt{H4714} shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah,{H3068} because they have been a staff{H4938} of reed{H7070} to the house{H1004} of Israel.{H3478} 7 When they took hold{H8610} of thee by thy hand,{H3709} thou didst break,{H7533} and didst rend{H1234} all their shoulders;{H3802} and when they leaned{H8172} upon thee, thou brakest,{H7665} and madest all their loins{H4975} to be at a stand.{H5976}
  • 2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came{H3318} not again{H3254} any more out of his land;{H776} for the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} had taken,{H3947} from the brook{H5158} of Egypt{H4714} unto the river{H5104} Euphrates,{H6578} all that pertained to the king{H4428} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Isa 20:5 : 5 And they shall be dismayed{H2865} and confounded,{H954} because of Ethiopia{H3568} their expectation,{H4007} and of Egypt{H4714} their glory.{H8597}
  • Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe{H1945} to the rebellious{H5637} children,{H1121} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that take{H6213} counsel,{H6098} but not of me; and that make{H5258} a league,{H4541} but not of my Spirit,{H7307} that they may add{H5595} sin{H2403} to sin,{H2403} 2 that set{H1980} out to go down{H3381} into Egypt,{H4714} and have not asked{H7592} at my mouth;{H6310} to strengthen{H5810} themselves in the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and to take refuge{H2620} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt!{H4714} 3 Therefore shall the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547} be your shame,{H1322} and the refuge{H2622} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714} your confusion.{H3639} 4 For their princes{H8269} are at Zoan,{H6814} and their ambassadors{H4397} are come{H5060} to Hanes.{H2609} 5 They shall all be ashamed{H3001} because of a people{H5971} that cannot profit{H3276} them, that are not a help{H5828} nor profit,{H3276} but a shame,{H1322} and also a reproach.{H2781} 6 The burden{H4853} of the beasts{H929} of the South.{H5045} Through the land{H776} of trouble{H6869} and anguish,{H6695} from whence come the lioness{H3918} and the lion,{H3918} the viper{H660} and fiery{H8314} flying{H5774} serpent,{H8314} they carry{H5375} their riches{H2428} upon the shoulders{H3802} of young asses,{H5895} and their treasures{H214} upon the humps{H1707} of camels,{H1581} to a people{H5971} that shall not profit{H3276} [them]. 7 For Egypt{H4714} helpeth{H5826} in vain,{H1892} and to no purpose:{H7385} therefore have I called{H7121} her{H1992} Rahab{H7293} that{H2063} sitteth still.{H7674}
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that go down{H3381} to Egypt{H4714} for help,{H5833} and rely{H8172} on horses,{H5483} and trust{H982} in chariots{H7393} because they are many,{H7227} and in horsemen{H6571} because they are very{H3966} strong,{H6105} but they look{H8159} not unto the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} neither seek{H1875} Jehovah!{H3068} 2 Yet he also is wise,{H2450} and will bring{H935} evil,{H7451} and will not call back{H5493} his words,{H1697} but will arise{H6965} against the house{H1004} of the evil-doers,{H7489} and against the help{H5833} of them that work{H6466} iniquity.{H205} 3 Now the Egyptians{H4714} are men,{H120} and not God;{H410} and their horses{H5483} flesh,{H1320} and not spirit:{H7307} and when Jehovah{H3068} shall stretch out{H5186} his hand,{H3027} both he that helpeth{H5826} shall stumble,{H3782} and he that is helped{H5826} shall fall,{H5307} and they all shall be consumed{H3615} together.{H3162}
  • Jer 2:18 : 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} to Egypt,{H4714} to drink{H8354} the waters{H4325} of the Shihor?{H7883} or what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} to Assyria,{H804} to drink{H8354} the waters{H4325} of the River?{H5104}
  • Jer 2:36 : 36 Why gaddest thou about{H235} so much{H3966} to change{H8138} thy way?{H1870} thou shalt be ashamed{H954} of Egypt{H4714} also, as thou wast ashamed{H954} of Assyria.{H804}
  • Jer 8:20 : 20 The harvest{H7105} is past,{H5674} the summer{H7019} is ended,{H3615} and we are not saved.{H3467}
  • Jer 37:7-9 : 7 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Thus shall ye say{H559} to the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} that sent{H7971} you unto me to inquire{H1875} of me: Behold, Pharaoh's{H6547} army,{H2428} which is come forth{H3318} to help{H5833} you, shall return{H7725} to Egypt{H4714} into their own land.{H776} 8 And the Chaldeans{H3778} shall come again,{H7725} and fight{H3898} against this city;{H5892} and they shall take{H3920} it, and burn{H8313} it with fire.{H784} 9 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Deceive{H5377} not yourselves,{H5315} saying,{H559} The Chaldeans{H3778} shall surely{H1980} depart{H3212} from us; for they shall not depart.{H3212} 10 For though ye had smitten{H5221} the whole army{H2428} of the Chaldeans{H3778} that fight{H3898} against you, and there remained{H7604} but wounded{H1856} men{H582} among them, yet would they rise up{H6965} every man{H376} in his tent,{H168} and burn{H8313} this city{H5892} with fire.{H784}
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem{H3389} remembereth{H2142} in the days{H3117} of her affliction{H6040} and of her miseries{H4788} all her pleasant things{H4262} that were from the days{H3117} of old:{H6924} When her people{H5971} fell{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of the adversary,{H6862} and none did help{H5826} her, The adversaries{H6862} saw{H7200} her, they did mock{H7832} at her desolations.{H4868}
  • Lam 1:19 : 19 I called{H7121} for my lovers,{H157} [but] they deceived{H7411} me: My priests{H3548} and mine elders{H2205} gave up the ghost{H1478} in the city,{H5892} While they sought{H1245} them food{H400} to refresh{H7725} their souls.{H5315}