Isaiah 20:5
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
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.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 30:3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:5
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23–24
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Read in contextEzekiel 29:6–7
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Read in context2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Read in contextIsaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
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