Isaiah 30:2

“That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!”

"That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" - Isaiah 30:2
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What does Isaiah 30:2 mean?

Isaiah 30:2 from the King James Version (KJV) reads, "That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" This verse is part of the prophecy of Isaiah, an Old Testament book…

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Trusting in the Right Source: A Call to Rely on God

In Isaiah 30:2, we encounter a stark warning from the Lord: "That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" This verse reveals a profound truth about human nature and our…

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A Prayer for Divine Guidance and Trust

Heavenly Father, I come before You with a humble heart, recognizing Your sovereignty over my life and the world around me. I acknowledge the truth of Your Word as stated in Isaiah 30:2, where You remind us, "That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to…

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Isaiah 30:2 - "That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!"
Isaiah 30:4 - "For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes."
Isaiah 30:9 - "That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:"
Isaiah 1:30 - "For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water."
Isaiah 30:30 - "And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones."
Isaiah 30:31 - "For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod."
Isaiah 40:30 - "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:"
Isaiah 30:3 - "Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion."
Isaiah 30:8 - "¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:"
Isaiah 30:7 - "For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still."
Isaiah 30:5 - "They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach."
Isaiah 10:30 - "Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth."
Isaiah 30:12 - "Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:"
Isaiah 30:13 - "Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant."
Isaiah 30:11 - "Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."
Isaiah 30:1 - "Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:"
Isaiah 30:24 - "The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan."
Isaiah 30:10 - "Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:"
"For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes." - Isaiah 30:4
Isaiah 30:25 - "And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall."
"That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:" - Isaiah 30:9
Isaiah 30:28 - "And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err."
Isaiah 30:16 - "But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift."
Isaiah 14:30 - "And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant."
Isaiah 5:30 - "And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof."
Isaiah 30:15 - "For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not."
2 Chronicles 30:10
Daniel 2:30-23
Philippians 2:19-30