Isaiah 36:9

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How then can you turn away even one of the least of my master’s officials? And you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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  • Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings?
  • Isa 20:5 : 5 Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride.
  • Isa 30:2-5 : 2 They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation. 4 Though their officials are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived at Hanes, 5 all will be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, bringing neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.
  • Isa 30:7 : 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'
  • Isa 30:16-17 : 16 You said, 'No, we will flee on horses'—therefore you will flee! And, 'We will ride on swift horses'—therefore your pursuers will be swift! 17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
  • Isa 31:3 : 3 The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
  • Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 The king must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more horses, for the LORD has told you, 'You are not to go back that way again.'
  • 2 Kgs 18:24 : 24 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory belongs to the LORD.

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    19Then the Rab-shakeh said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you have?'

    20You say—but they are only empty words—'I have counsel and strength for war.' Now, in whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

    21Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

    22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

    23Now then, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you have riders to put on them!

    24How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, relying on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    25Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD’s approval? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’"

  • Isa 36:4-8
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    4The Rabshakeh said to them, 'Say to Hezekiah: This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is this confidence you rely on?

    5You say—it’s only empty words—‘I have advice and strength for war.’ But now, on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me?

    6Look, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which if anyone leans on it, it will pierce their hand and wound them. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.

    7But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?

    8Now then, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can provide riders for them!

  • Isa 31:1
    77%

    1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, relying on horses and trusting in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel and do not seek the LORD.

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    10Now, have I attacked this land to destroy it without the LORD’s approval? The LORD Himself told me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'

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    7This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You are to tell this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of me: 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.'

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    10"This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

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  • Isa 30:2-3
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    2They set out to go down to Egypt without consulting me, seeking protection in Pharaoh's stronghold and taking refuge in the shadow of Egypt.

    3But Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, and refuge in the shadow of Egypt will bring humiliation.

  • 2 Chr 32:10
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    10"This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you trusting, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

  • Jer 2:36-37
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    36Why do you go about changing your direction so much? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria.

    37You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper through them.

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    8Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

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    10"This is what you are to say to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.'

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    3The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.

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    18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • Isa 36:15
    72%

    15And do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’

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    15Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you from my hand?

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    9Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the warriors march out—Cush and Put, wielding shields, and the Ludim, skilled in using the bow.

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  • 2 Kgs 7:6
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    6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"

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  • Deut 17:16
    71%

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  • Isa 45:14
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    70%

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  • Deut 20:1
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