2 Kings 18:21

New International Version

²¹Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,^(A) that splintered reed of a staff,^(B) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

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2 Kings 18:21 in all English translations

Isaiah 36:6

New International Version

⁶Look, I know you are depending^(A) on Egypt,^(B) that splintered reed^(C) of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

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Ezekiel 17:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵But the king rebelled^(A) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt^(B) to get horses and a large army.^(C) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?^(D)

¹⁶“‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die^(E) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.^(F) ¹⁷Pharaoh^(G) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps^(H) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.^(I)