Isaiah 30:3
And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4For in Zoan were his princes, 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 30:5All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!
Isaiah 45:16They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed — all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus said Jehovah: Cursed [is] the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.
Jeremiah 37:7'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt,
Ezekiel 29:7In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, — thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast 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 →