Isaiah 30:3
1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
2 They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
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.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
- KJV
- Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
- WEB
- Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
- ASV
- Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
- DARBY
- For to you the protection of Pharaoh shall be a shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt a confusion.
- BLB
- And the strength of Pharaoh will be unto you⁺ for shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt for disgrace.
- ÅB
- Men Faraos vern skal bli dere til skam, og det ly dere søker i Egypts skygge, til skjensel.
- OTB
- Men faraos beskyttelse skal bli deres skam, og lyet i Egypts skygge deres vanære.
- B1930
- Men Faraos vern skal bli eder til skam, og det ly I søker i Egyptens skygge, til skjensel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 20:5
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
Read in contextRomans 10:11
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Read in contextJeremiah 17:5–6
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.
Read in contextRomans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:16–17
They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
Read in contextJeremiah 37:5–10
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:5–7
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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