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Isaiah 30:5

Shame

3 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,

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.”

6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

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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.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can’t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.”
ASV
They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
DARBY
They were all ashamed of a people [that] did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
BLB
[they] all come to shame over a people of no profit to them, not for help and not for gain, but for shame and even for scorn.”
ÅB
alle blir de til skamme ved et folk som ikke gagner dem, som ikke er til hjelp og ikke til gagn, men bare til skam og skjensel.
OTB
vil alle bli til skamme på grunn av et folk som ikke gagner dem, som verken bringer hjelp eller fordel, bare skam og vanære."
B1930
alle blir de til skamme ved et folk som ikke gagner dem, som ikke er til hjelp og ikke til gagn, men bare til skam og skjensel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:36

    How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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  • Isaiah 30:7

    Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

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  • Isaiah 20:5–6

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

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  • Isaiah 31:1–3

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 30:16

    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

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