21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, othat broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
5 Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.
3 nTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
7 Egypt’s help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
p“Rahab who sits still.”
6 Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken mreed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
7 “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, oPharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to return to Egypt, to its own land.
17 bOur eyes failed, ever watching
vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
for a nation which could not save.
17 mPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord.
“Because you1 have been a gstaff of reed to the house of Israel, 7 when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.2
