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Egyptians: Alliances With, Forbidden to the Israelites Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

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Egyptians: Alliances With, Forbidden to the Israelites Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

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Egyptians: Alliances With, Forbidden to the Israelites Isaiah 36:6

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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Egyptians: Alliances With, Forbidden to the Israelites Ezekiel 17:15

But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

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Egyptians: Alliances With, Forbidden to the Israelites Ezekiel 29:6

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.

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