Isaiah 30:4

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.

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In The King James Version

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

In Context

3Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt [Abode of slavery] your confusion.

5They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:9You went to the king with oil, 2 and increased your perfumes, 1 and sent your ambassadors far off, 2 and degraded yourself even to Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 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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