Isaiah 30:3
And so, the strength of Pharaoh will be your confusion, and trust in the shadow of Egypt will be your disgrace.
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In Context
4For your leaders were at Tanis, and your messengers have traveled even as far as Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,
Isaiah 30:5They have all been confounded because of a people who were not able to offer profit to them, who were not of assistance, nor of other usefulness, except to offer confusion and reproach.
Isaiah 45:16They have all been confounded and should be ashamed! These fabricators of errors have departed together into confusion!
Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the Lord.
Jeremiah 37:7And the Chaldeans will return and will make war against this city. And they will seize it and burn it with fire.
Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke, and so you wounded all of their shoulders. And when they leaned on you, you shattered, and so you injured all of their lower backs.
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 →