Isaiah 30:4
For their rulers are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound hi
Isaiah 57:9And thou went to the king with oil, and increased thy perfumes, and sent thine ambassadors far off, and debased thyself even to Sheol.
Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.
Hosea 7:11And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
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 →