Isaiah 30:3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4For their rulers are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Isaiah 30:5They shall all be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, who are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Isaiah 45:16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them. They shall go into confusion together who are makers of idols.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD.
Jeremiah 37:7Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou broke, and tore all their shoulders. And when they leaned upon thee, thou broke, and made all their loins to be at a stand [still].
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:2-8
The Foolish Confidence of Judah. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord , that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and… Read the whole commentary →