Isaiah 30:3
And the- strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,
Isaiah 30:5They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.
Isaiah 45:16They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone together into confusion.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Jeremiah 37:7And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Ezekiel 29:7When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins.
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 →