21 Now, look! you have put your trust in the support of this crushed reed,+ Egypt,+ which, if a man should brace himself upon it, would certainly enter into his palm and pierce it. That is the way Pharʹaoh+ the king of Egypt is to all those putting their trust in him.

3 And the stronghold of Pharʹaoh must become even for YOU men a reason for shame,+ and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt a cause for humiliation.+

6 Look! You have trusted in the support of this crushed reed,+ in Egypt,+ which, if a man should brace himself upon it, would certainly enter into his palm and pierce it. That is the way Pharʹaoh+ the king of Egypt* is to all those putting their trust in him.+

5 This is what Jehovah has said: “Cursed is the able-bodied man* who puts his trust in earthling man*+ and actually makes flesh his arm,+ and whose heart turns away from Jehovah himself.+

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt will have to know that I am Jehovah,+ for the reason that they* proved to be, as a support, a reed to the house of Israel.+