(A)who set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
(B)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
    and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

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And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the (A)great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours?

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(A)Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    (B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for (C)a nation which could not save.

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