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. ’ ”
[..].. redzi, jā, tu paļaujies uz salūzušo niedri, uz Ēģipti, bet tas vīrs, kas uz to atbalstīsies, tam tā iedursies viņa rokā un to pārdurs. ” ( 2. Ķēn. 18: 19, 21.)