Isaiah 20:5

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Related verses

• Isaiah 30:3
  Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
• Isaiah 30:5
  They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
• 2 Kings 18:21
  Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Jeremiah 17:5
  Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21
  Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
• Jeremiah 9:23-24
  ²³ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: ²⁴ But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.²³ This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches. ²⁴ But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 29:6-7
  ⁶ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. ⁷ When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.⁶ Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel. ⁷ When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
• Isaiah 30:7
  For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
• Isaiah 2:22
  Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Isaiah 36:6
  Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Places: Cush, Egypt