Isaiah 30:7

For the Mitzrayim shall be hevel (vain) in help, and to no purpose; 1 therefore have I called her concerning this, Rahab Sits Idle. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

In Context

6The massa (burden) of the beasts of the Negev: 1 Into the eretz tzarah and anguish, 1 from which come the lion and lioness, 1 the viper and fiery flying serpent, 1 they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, 1 and their otzarot (treasures) upon the humps of gemalim (camels), 1 to a people that shall not profit them. 1

8Now go, 1 write it before them on a luach (tablet), 1 and inscribe it on a sefer, 1 that it may be for a yom acharon l'ad ad olam; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 76:8Thou, even Thou, art to be feared; 1 and who may stand in Thy sight 1 when once Thou art angry? 1

Proverbs 25:19Confidence in a boged in the yom tzarah 1 is like a shen ra'ah (bad tooth), and a regel out of joint. 1

Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and stay calm; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of the two stubs of these smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Retzin and Aram (Syria), and of the ben Remalyahu;

Isaiah 30:15For thus saith 1 Adonoi Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; 1 In shuvah (returning) and rest shall ye be saved; 1 in quietness and in confidence shall be your gevurah (strength); 1 but ye would not. 1

Isaiah 31:2Yet He also is chacham (wise), 1 and will bring rah (disaster), 1 and will not call back His devarim; but will arise against the Bais Mere'im (house of evildoers), 1 and against the ezrat po'alei aven (the help of them that work iniquity). 1

Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, 1 clothe thyself with oz, O zero'a Hashem; + 51:9 Moshiach; see Isa 53:1 1 awake, as in the yemei kedem, 1 in the dorot olamim. 1 Art thou not it that hath cut Rachav to pieces, 1 and pierced Tannin. + 51:9 See 27:1 1

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 →

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