Quotes About Egypt

Egyptís help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

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.

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.

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my masterís servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ëGod is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.í”

For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ëObey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.í

For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ëObey My voice.í

But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,í says the LORD, ëso will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:

Pharaohís army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaohís army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

and if you say, ëNo, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ramís horn or hunger for bread,í