Isaiah 30:3
And the strength of Pharaoh || Has been to you for shame, || And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
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In Context
4For his princes were in Zoan, || And his messengers reach Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, || [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
Isaiah 30:5He made all ashamed of a people that do not profit, || Not for help, and not for profit, || But for shame, and also for reproach!
Isaiah 45:16They have been ashamed, || And they have even blushed—all of them, || Those carving images have gone together in confusion.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, || And has made flesh his arm, || And whose heart turns from YHWH.
Jeremiah 37:7“Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt,
Ezekiel 29:7In their taking hold of you by your hand, || You crush and have torn every shoulder of theirs, || And in their leaning on you you are broken, || And have caused all their thighs to stand.
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 →