Isaiah 30:4
Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes,
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- Isa 19:11 : 11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”
- Jer 43:7 : 7 They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the LORD, and came to Tahpanhes.
- Ezek 30:14 : 14 I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.
- Ezek 30:18 : 18 In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
- Hos 7:11-12 : 11 Israel Turns to Assyria and Egypt for Help Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection. 12 I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together.
- Hos 7:16 : 16 They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
- Isa 57:9 : 9 You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.
- Num 13:22 : 22 When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living.(Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- 2 Kgs 17:4 : 4 The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.
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- Isa 30:2-32 verses76%
2They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.
3But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation.
- Isa 19:11-133 verses75%
11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”
12But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt.
13The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.
- Isa 30:5-73 verses75%
5all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace.”
6This is an oracle about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
7Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her‘Proud one who is silenced.’”
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19I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,
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31They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
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15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.
16Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
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43when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.
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3The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.
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20They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.
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11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,
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1Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD.
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12Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.
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16They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
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24Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
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5Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.
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22giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers.
23Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham.
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2that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water’s surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.
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3the Ammonite officials said to Hanun,“Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!”
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8Indeed, he says:“Are not my officials all kings?
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6“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.
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3The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.
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9Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
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4For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.
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11He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses.
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5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.
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9He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
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9They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD’s battle flag.” This is what the LORD says– the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.
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29They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
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30I, the LORD, promise that I will hand Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies who are seeking to kill him. I will do that just as surely as I handed King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking to kill him.’”
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17Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.
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4The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
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3the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun,“Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!”
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15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,
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21Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.
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26Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
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17They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
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14I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom.
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12He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
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2“Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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40He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
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15The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
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28Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.