Lamentations 4:17

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Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

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  • Ezek 29:16 : 16 It will no longer be a source of confidence for the house of Israel, bringing their guilt to mind when they turn to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, making their backs give way.
  • 2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 The king of Egypt did not march out of his own land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  • Isa 20:5 : 5 Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their pride.
  • Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin. 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. 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them. 7 Egypt's help is futile and empty; therefore, I have called her 'Rahab Who Sits Still.'
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe 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. 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness. 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.
  • Jer 2:18 : 18 Now why go to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? And why go to Assyria to drink water from the river?
  • 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.
  • Jer 8:20 : 20 The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.
  • Jer 37:7-9 : 7 This 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.' 8 'Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city; they will capture it and burn it with fire.' 9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves, thinking, 'The Chaldeans will surely leave us,' for they will not leave. 10 Even if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.
  • Lam 1:7 : 7 In the days of her affliction and wandering, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, there was no one to help her. Her enemies saw her and mocked her downfall.
  • Lam 1:19 : 19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while searching for food to revive their strength.

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