Isaiah 31:1 Cross References

Isaiah 31:1

1: Destruction is certain for those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their cavalry and chariots instead of looking to the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 20:7

  1. Some nations boast of their armies and weapons, but we boast in the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 17:5

  1. This is what the LORD says: "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans and turn their hearts away from the LORD.

Deuteronomy 17:16

  1. The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself, and he must never send his people to Egypt to buy horses there, for the LORD has told you, `You must never return to Egypt.'

Jeremiah 2:13

  1. For my people have done two evil things: They have forsaken me--the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

Isaiah 30:16

  1. You said, `No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.' But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!

Daniel 9:13

  1. Every curse written against us in the law of Moses has come true. All the troubles he predicted have taken place. But we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.

Isaiah 36:9

  1. With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master's troops, even with the help of Egypt's chariots and horsemen?

Amos 5:4

  1. Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: "Come back to me and live!
  2. Don't go to worship the idols of Bethel, Gilgal, or Beersheba. For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile, and the people of Bethel will come to nothing."
  3. Come back to the LORD and live! If you don't, he will roar through Israel like a fire, devouring you completely. Your gods in Bethel certainly won't be able to quench the flames!
  4. You wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.
  5. It is the LORD who created the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. It is he who turns darkness into morning and day into night. It is he who draws up water from the oceans and pours it down as rain on the land. The LORD is his name!

Isaiah 36:6

  1. Will Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, you will find it to be a stick that breaks beneath your weight and pierces your hand. The Pharaoh of Egypt is completely unreliable!

Psalms 33:16

  1. The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
  2. Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory--for all its strength, it cannot save you.

Ezekiel 17:15

  1. "Nevertheless, this man of Israel's royal family rebelled against Babylon, sending ambassadors to Egypt to request a great army and many horses. Can Israel break her sworn treaties like that and get away with it?

Isaiah 22:11

  1. Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But all your feverish plans are to no avail because you never ask God for help. He is the one who planned this long ago.

Isaiah 30:1

  1. "Destruction is certain for my rebellious children," says the LORD. "You make plans that are contrary to my will. You weave a web of plans that are not from my Spirit, thus piling up your sins.
  2. For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt to find help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh for his protection.
  3. But in trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated and disgraced.
  4. For though his power extends to Zoan and Hanes,
  5. it will all turn out to your shame. He will not help you even one little bit."

Hosea 14:3

  1. Assyria cannot save us, nor can our strength in battle. Never again will we call the idols we have made `our gods.' No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy."

Isaiah 9:13

  1. For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent and turn to the LORD Almighty.

2 Chronicles 16:7

  1. At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, "Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

Hosea 7:7

  1. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries out to me for help.

Isaiah 57:9

  1. You have given olive oil and perfume to Molech as your gift. You have traveled far, even into the world of the dead, to find new gods to love.

Isaiah 5:12

  1. You furnish lovely music and wine at your grand parties; the harps, lyres, tambourines, and flutes are superb! But you never think about the LORD or notice what he is doing.

Isaiah 17:7

  1. Then at last the people will think of their Creator and have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
  2. They will no longer ask their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or burn incense on the altars they built.

Hosea 7:13

  1. "How terrible it will be for my people who have deserted me! Let them die, for they have rebelled against me. I wanted to redeem them, but they have only spoken lies about me.
  2. They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for crops and prosperity.
  3. "I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.
  4. They look everywhere except to heaven, to the Most High. They are like a crooked bow that always misses its target. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.

Isaiah 64:7

  1. Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.

Hosea 11:5

  1. "But since my people refuse to return to me, they will go back to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria.

Isaiah 2:7

  1. Israel has vast treasures of silver and gold and many horses and chariots.
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