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Jesaja 36:6
Look, I know you are depending on 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 depend on him. (niv)
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2 Chronik 28 20-2 Chronik 28 21
Tiglath- Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him. (niv)
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Hiob 6:14-20
“ Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflowwhen darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed. (niv)
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Hesekiel 29:6-7
Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.“‘ You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel.When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched. (niv)
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Jesaja 30:1-3
“ Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the Lord,“ to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection, to Egypt’s shade for refuge.But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame, Egypt’s shade will bring you disgrace. (niv)
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2 Timotheus 4 16
At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. (niv)
