Lamentations 4:17 Cross References

Lamentations 4:17

17: We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could offer no help at all.

Ezekiel 29:16

  1. "Then Israel will no longer be tempted to trust in Egypt for help. Egypt's shattered condition will remind Israel of how sinful she was to trust Egypt in earlier days. Then Israel will know that I alone am the Sovereign LORD."

Isaiah 20:5

  1. How dismayed will be the Philistines, who counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!

2 Kings 24:7

  1. The king of Egypt never returned after that, for the king of Babylon occupied the entire area formerly claimed by Egypt--from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Ezekiel 29:6

  1. "All the people of Egypt will discover that I am the LORD, for you collapsed like a reed when Israel looked to you for help.
  2. Israel leaned on you, but like a cracked staff, you splintered and stabbed her in the armpit. When she put her weight on you, you gave way, and her back was thrown out of joint.

Jeremiah 37:7

  1. "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ask me what is going to happen, that Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you.
  2. Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.
  3. The LORD says: Do not fool yourselves that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't!
  4. Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!"

Jeremiah 2:36

  1. "First here, then there--you flit from one ally to another asking for help. But your new friends in Egypt will let you down, just as Assyria did before.

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."

Jeremiah 8:20

  1. "The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!"

Lamentations 1:19

  1. "I begged my allies for help, but they betrayed me. My priests and leaders starved to death in the city, even as they searched for food to save their lives.

Jeremiah 2:18

  1. "What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt and Assyria? What good to you are the waters of the Nile and the Euphrates?

Lamentations 1:7

  1. And now in the midst of her sadness and wandering, Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor. But then she fell to her enemy, and there was no one to help her. Her enemy struck her down and laughed as she fell.

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.
  2. In his wisdom, the LORD will send great disaster; he will not change his mind. He will rise against those who are wicked, and he will crush their allies, too.
  3. For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the LORD clenches his fist against them, they will stumble and fall among those they are trying to help. They will all fall down and die together.
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