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Isaiah 20:5

CushEgypt
FaithShame

3 Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

6 And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
KJV
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
WEB
They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
ASV
And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
DARBY
And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.
BLB
And they will be dismayed and ashamed of Cush [as] their hope and Egypt [as] their glory.
ÅB
Da skal de forferdes og ha skam av Etiopia, som de satte sitt håp til, og av Egypt, som de var stolte av.
OTB
De som satte sin lit til Kusj og skrøt av Egypt, skal bli forferdet og skamfulle.
B1930
Da skal de forferdes og ha skam av Etiopia, som de satte sitt håp til, og av Egypten, som de var stolte av.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 30:3

    But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

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  • Isaiah 30:5

    everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

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  • Jeremiah 9:23–24

    This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:21

    Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

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  • Ezekiel 29:6–7

    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 17:5

    This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

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  • 2 Kings 18:21

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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  • Isaiah 36:6

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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