Isaiah 30:6

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Isaiah 30:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.

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Isaiah 46:1

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

Isaiah 46:2

The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.

Isaiah 57:9

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 8:10

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

1 Kings 10:2

She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

Matthew 12:42

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

Isaiah 19:4

I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

Exodus 5:10

So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.

Exodus 5:11

Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

Exodus 5:12

So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Exodus 5:13

The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Exodus 5:14

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

Exodus 5:15

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Exodus 5:16

No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

Exodus 5:17

“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

Exodus 5:18

Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”

Exodus 5:19

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Exodus 5:20

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

Exodus 5:21

“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

Deuteronomy 4:20

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Deuteronomy 17:16

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Jeremiah 11:4

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

Numbers 21:6

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

Numbers 21:7

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

2 Chronicles 9:1

Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

2 Chronicles 16:2

So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

2 Chronicles 28:20

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

2 Chronicles 28:21

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

2 Chronicles 28:22

In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:23

Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.