Isaiah 36:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 36:6

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

BSB

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ASV

Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

KJV

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The staff of this broken reed - A weakened, faithless ally. On Egypt - The Bodl. MS. adds מלך melech, the king of Egypt; and so perhaps the Chaldee might read. It will go into his hand, and pierce it - Will take subsidy after subsidy, and do nothing for it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The history related here, and in the three following chapters, is, almost in the same words contained 2 Kings 18, 19, 20. It is inserted here, to explain and confirm some of the foregoing predictions.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It was a similar alliance with So (that is, Sabacho, or else Sevechus), the Ethiopian king of Egypt, which provoked the Assyrian to invade and destroy Israel, the northern kingdom, under Hoshea.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
בָטַ֡חְתָּ	va.Tach.ta	you rely	H982 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִשְׁעֶנֶת֩	mish.'e.Net	[the] staff of	H4938 →
הַקָּנֶ֨ה	ha.ka.Neh	<the> reed	H7070 →
הָרָצ֤וּץ	ha.ra.Tzutz	<the> crushed	H7533 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ	yi.sa.Mekh	he will support himself	H5564 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	anyone	H376 →
עָלָ֔יו	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →
וּבָ֥א	u.Va'	and it will go	H935 →
בְכַפּ֖וֹ	ve.kha.Po	in palm his	H3709 →
וּנְקָבָ֑הּ	u.ne.ka.Vah	and it will pierce it	H5344 →
כֵּ֚ן	ken	[is] thus	H3651 →
פַּרְעֹ֣ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
לְכָֽל־	le.khol	to all	H3605 →
הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים	ha.bo.te.Chim	those [who] rely	H982 →
עָלָֽיו׃	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 31:3
But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:7
  Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 9:17
  Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…
- Ezekiel 20:33–34
  As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
- Jeremiah 15:6
  You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
- Psalms 33:17
  A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
Through
2 Kings 18:21
Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust…
leads to
- Isaiah 31:1–3
  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:2–3
  They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
- Ezekiel 29:6–7
  Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah