Isaiah 30:4

although their princes are at Zoan, and their messengers have come to Hanes. 1

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

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3Therefore Pharaoh's protection will be your shame, 1 and the refuge in Egypt's shade, your humiliation, 1

5They will all be ashamed because of a people who cannot help them, 1 who are neither help nor aid, but a shame, and even a disgrace.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:4Then the king of Assyria realized that Hoshea had been plotting against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So king of Egypt; also, he offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. So the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

Isaiah 57:9You went to Molech with oil; you multiplied perfumes. + 57:9 Instead of to Molech , some versions have to the king . 1 You send your ambassadors far away; you went down to Sheol. 1

Ezekiel 30:14Then I will make Pathros desolate and set fire in Zoan, and I will execute acts of judgment on Thebes.

Hosea 7:11Ephraim is like a dove, gullible and without sense, 1 calling out to Egypt, 1 then flying to Assyria.

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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