Isaiah 20:5

Isaiah 20:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
• New International Version (NIV)Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

Context of Isaiah 20:5

3Then 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, 4so 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. 6And 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?’”

Isaiah 20:5 word by word

וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Those who made Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• their hopeמַבָּטmabbâţ mebbâţ · expectationH4007
• their hopeמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• and Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• their boastתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• will be dismayedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• and ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954

Cross-references for Isaiah 20:5

• Isaiah 30:3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
• Isaiah 36:6Look 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.
• 2 Kings 18:21Look 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.
• Ezekiel 29:6Then 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.
• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Jeremiah 9:23This 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.
• Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

Commentaries on Isaiah 20:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And they shall be afraid - The Jews, or the party or faction among the Jews, that were expecting aid from allied Ethiopia and Egypt. When they shall see them vanquished, they shall apprehend a similar danger to themselves; and they shall be ashamed that they ever confided in a people so little able to aid them, instead of trusting in the arm of God. Egypt their glory - Their boast, as if Egypt was able to save them. The word rendered here glory‘ (תפארת…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Philistia’s downfall was a warning to the people of Judah, who also relied on Egypt and other alliances rather than on God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. they--the Philistine allies of Egypt who trusted in it for help against Assyria. A warning to the party among the Jews, who, though Judah was then the subordinate ally of Assyria, were looking to Egypt as a preferable ally (Is 30:7). Ethiopia was their "expectation"; for Palestine had not yet obtained, but hoped for alliance with it. Egypt was their "glory," that is, boast (Is 13:19); for the alliance with it was completed.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 20:5

• Confidence
• Egypt
• Ethiopia

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Ethiopia, Ethiopian
• Barefoot
• Captive
• No
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Lachish

Commentaries on Isaiah 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings