TRUST Jeremiah 5:17

"They (the Babylonians) will devour your harvests and food, devour our sons and daughters; they will devour your flocks and herds, devour your vines and fig trees. With sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust."

They will devour your harvests and food 
Leviticus 26:16  " '... then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.' "
Isaiah 1:7  Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
Jeremiah 8:16  The snorting of the enemy's horses is heard from Dan; at the neighing of their stallions the whole land trembles. They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.
Jeremiah 30:16  " 'But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil.' "

devour your sons and daughters; they will devour your flocks and herds 
Deuteronomy 28:31-32  Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
Jeremiah 50:7  "Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their verdant pasture, the LORD, the hope of their ancestors.' "
Jeremiah 50:17  "Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria; the last to crush their bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon."  

devour your vines and fig trees 
Numbers 16:14  "Moreover, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No, we will not come!"
Jeremiah 8:13  " 'I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.' "
Hosea 2:12  "I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them."

with the sword 
Leviticus 26:25  " 'And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.' "

they will destroy the fortified cities 
Jeremiah 4:5  "Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say: 'Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!' "

in which you trust 
Deuteronomy 28:52  They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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TRUST Jeremiah 2:36-37

Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them. 

Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? 
Jeremiah 31:22  "How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The LORD will create a new thing on earth--the woman will return to the man."

You will be disappointed by Egypt 
Psalm 108:12  Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.
Isaiah 30:1-3,7  "Woe to the obstinate children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin; who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh's protection, to Egypt's shade for refuge. But Pharaohs protection will be to your shame, Egypt's shade will bring you disgrace. ... to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless. Therefore I call her Rahab the Do-Nothing."
Jeremiah 37:7-8  "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt. Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.' "

You will also leave that place with your hands on your head 
2 Samuel 13:19  Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them 
Lamentations 1:7  In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies looked at her and laughed at her destruction.
Lamentations 4:17  Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

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TRUST Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on their God.

Who among you fears the LORD 
Proverbs 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

and obeys 
Isaiah 1:19-20  "If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land, but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Haggai 1:12  Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.

the word of his servant 
Isaiah 49:3  He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor."

Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light 
Psalm 107:14  He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains.
Acts 26:17-18  "I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me." (Jesus speaking to Saul/Paul)

trust in the name of the LORD and rely on their God 
Isaiah 10:20  In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 26:4  Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

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TRUST Isaiah 42:17

"But those who trust in idols, who say to images, 'You are our gods,' will be turned back in utter shame."

But those who trust in idols 
Exodus 20:1-6  And God spoke all these words: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

who say to images, 'You are our gods' 
Exodus 32:2-4  Aaron answered them, "Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me." So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
1 Kings 12:28  After seeking their advice, the king (Jeroboam) made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

 will be turned back in utter shame 
Psalm 97:7  All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols--worship him (the LORD) all you gods!
Isaiah 1:29-31  "You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen. You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water. The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will be burned together, with no one to quench the fire."

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TRUST Isaiah 36:13-15

Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you! Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, 'The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.' " 

Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew 
2 Chronicles 32:18-19  Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city. They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world--the work of human hands.

Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 
Isaiah 37:1-4  When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the LORD. He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives."

Do not let Hezekiah deceive you 
2 Chronicles 32:15  "Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!"

The LORD will surely deliver us 
Psalm 3:2-3  Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
Psalm 3:7  Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria 
Isaiah 37:10  "Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, 'Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.' "

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TRUST Isaiah 31:1 Part 2 of 2

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.

who rely on horses 
Isaiah 30:16  "You said, 'No, we will flee on horses.' Therefore you will flee! You said, 'We will ride on swift horses.' Therefore your pursuers will be swift!"

who trust in the multitude of their chariots 
Isaiah 2:7  Their land is full of silver and gold; there is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. 

but do not look to the Holy One of Israel 
Job 6:10  "Then I would still have this consolation--my joy in unrelenting pain--that I had not denied the words of the Holy One." 
Isaiah 1:4  Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
Isaiah 30:12-13  Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly in an instant."

or seek help from the LORD 
Deuteronomy 20:1  When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. 
Proverbs 21:31  The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
Isaiah 9:13  But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.
Ezekiel 29:16  " 'Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.' " 

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TRUST Isaiah 31:1 Part 1 of 2

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD. 

Woe 
Isaiah 28:1  Woe to that wreath (Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom), the pride of Ephraims's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley--to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

to those who go down to Egypt for help 
Deuteronomy 17:16  The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, "You are not to go back that way again."
Isaiah 30:1-5  "Woe to the obstinate children," declares the LORD, "to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin; who go down to Egypt without consulting me; who look for help to Pharaoh's protection, to Egypt's shade for refuge. But Pharaoh's protection will be to your shame, Egypt's shade will bring you disgrace. Though they have officials in Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes, everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace."
Jeremiah 37:5  Pharaoh's army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Babylonians who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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