Isaiah 30:3
For to you the protection of Pharaoh shall be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
Isaiah 30:5They were all ashamed of a people [that] did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Isaiah 45:16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Jeremiah 37:7Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is 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 didst give way and rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst break, and didst make all their loins to tremble.
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 →