Isaiah 30:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

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  • Num 27:21 : 21 He will take his place before Eleazar the priest, so that he may get directions from the Lord for him, with the Urim: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, he and all the children of Israel.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.
  • Jer 43:7 : 7 And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.
  • Lam 4:20 : 20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel. 7 When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:
  • Jer 21:2 : 2 Will you get directions from the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, is making war against us; it may be that the Lord will do something for us like all the wonders he has done, and make him go away from us.
  • Jer 37:5 : 5 And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)
  • Jer 42:2 : 2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
  • Deut 28:68 : 68 And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.
  • Josh 9:14 : 14 And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.
  • 1 Kgs 22:7 : 7 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
  • 2 Kgs 17:4 : 4 But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.
  • Isa 16:3 : 3 Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.
  • Isa 18:1 : 1 Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:
  • Isa 20:5-6 : 5 And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory. 6 And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord; 2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help. 3 For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

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    3 And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

  • Isa 31:1
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    1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • Isa 30:1
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    1 Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

  • Isa 30:7
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    7 For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

  • Jer 42:14-15
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    14 Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place;

    15 Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;

  • Isa 36:5-6
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    5 You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

    6 See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

  • 2 Kgs 18:20-21
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    20 You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

    21 See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

  • Jer 2:36-37
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    36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

    37 Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you.

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
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    24 How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

  • Isa 19:12-13
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    12 Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

    13 The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are the cause of Egypt's wandering out of the way.

  • Isa 36:9
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    9 How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

  • Jer 42:18-19
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    18 For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.

    19 The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.

  • Isa 20:4-5
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    4 So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

    5 And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.

  • Hos 7:15-16
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    15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

    16 They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

  • Ezek 30:6
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    6 This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

  • Isa 30:16
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    16 Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

  • Isa 31:3
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    3 For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

  • Hos 11:5
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    5 He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

  • Jer 46:19
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    19 O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.

  • Isa 30:12
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    12 For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

  • Jer 37:7
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    7 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.

  • Ezek 30:4
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    4 And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.

  • Isa 30:5
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    5 For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.

  • Jer 2:16-18
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    16 Even the children of Noph and Tahpanhes have put shame on you.

    17 Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?

    18 And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?

  • Jer 2:6
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    6 And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

  • Ezek 30:18
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    18 And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.

  • Jer 2:25
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    25 Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

  • Isa 52:4
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    4 For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause.

  • Ezek 29:14
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    14 I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.

  • Jer 44:8
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    8 Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?

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    10 This is what the Lord has said: I will put an end to great numbers of the people of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

  • Exod 14:3
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    3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

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    2 Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:

  • Jer 46:8
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    8 Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

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    12 Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down together.

  • Hos 7:11
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    11 And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  • Ezek 30:25
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    25 And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and the arms of Pharaoh will be hanging down; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and it is stretched out against the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 43:7
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    7 And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.

  • Jer 49:4
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    4 Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

  • Ezek 29:6
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    6 And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel.