Isaiah 30:3
The protection of Pharaoh shall be your shame; Your trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4For their princes are at Zoan, Their ambassadors have arrived at Hanes.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:19As a broken tooth, and a wavering foot, So is trust in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
Isaiah 30:5But they are all ashamed of a people that do not profit them; That are no help and no profit, But only a shame and a reproach.
Isaiah 45:16They shall all be ashamed and confounded, They shall go to confusion together, That are makers of idols.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed be the man who trusteth 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, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, 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 handle, thou didst break and pierce their whole shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst go to pieces, and madest all their loins to shake.
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 →