the staff
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 36:6
Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 29:6
Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, for they have been a staff [made] of reed to the house of Israel.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_26 29:7
When Israel grasped you by the hand, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.
upon Egypt
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:2
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh's protection and take refuge in Egypt's shadow.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:7
Egypt's help is completely worthless; therefore, I call her: Rahab Who Just Sits.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 31:1-3
1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the number of chariots and in the great strength of charioteers. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel and they do not seek the LORD's help.
2
But He also is wise and brings disaster. He does not go back on what He says; He will rise up against the house of wicked men and against the allies of evildoers.
3
Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD raises His hand [to strike], the helper will stumble and the helped will fall; both will perish together.
so is Pharaoh
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 17:4
But the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy by Hoshea-- he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute money to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore, the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 46:17
There they will cry out: Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he let the opportune moment pass.