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Isaiah 30:5
5But the people of Egypt will not be able to help you. So everyone in Judah will become ashamed. If you trust in Egypt, they will give you shame instead of help.’
Isaiah 30:5 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace."
- New King James Version (NKJV)They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach.”
Context of Isaiah 30:5
3But Pharaoh's help will only make you ashamed. If you trust in Egypt's power, that will bring you down low. 4Judah's officers have arrived in Zoan, and some of them have gone to Hanes. But the people of Egypt will not be able to help you. So everyone in Judah will become ashamed. If you trust in Egypt, they will give you shame instead of help.’ 6Here is a message about the animals that travel in the Negev desert: It is a place where there is trouble and danger. There are dangerous lions there, both male and female. There are different kinds of dangerous snakes. People are carrying their valuable things on the backs of donkeys and camels. They are taking their riches as gifts to a nation that cannot help them! 7Help from Egypt is useless! So I call Egypt ‘Rahab who does nothing.’
Read all of Isaiah 30Isaiah 30:5 word by word
כֹּ֣ל הֹבִ֔ישׁ עַל־עַ֖ם לֹא־יוֹעִ֣ילוּ לָ֑מוֹ לֹ֤א לְעֵ֙זֶר֙ וְלֹ֣א לְהוֹעִ֔יל כִּ֥י לְבֹ֖שֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 30:5
- Isaiah 30:16Instead, you say, ‘No! We will run away on horses and we will escape.’ Yes, you will run away! You say, ‘Our horses will run very fast!’ But your enemies who chase you will also be very fast!
- Isaiah 20:5Anyone who trusted that Cush or Egypt would be strong enough to save them will be ashamed. They will be afraid.
- Isaiah 31:1It will be very bad for those people who expect that Egypt will help them. They think that Egypt's many horses and chariots will keep them safe. They trust the power of Egypt's strong soldiers who ride on horses. But those people do not trust the Holy God of Israel. They do not ask the Lord to help them.
- Jeremiah 2:36You try to get help from other nations. You run here and there to make new friends. You hoped for help from Assyria, but no help came. And you will get no help from Egypt either.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Were - ashamed - Eight MSS. (one ancient) of Kennicott's, and ten of De Rossi's, read הביש hobish, without א aleph . So the Chaldee and Vulgate. But a shame "But proved even a shame" - Four MSS. (three ancient) after כי ki, add אם im, unless, which seems wanted to complete the phrase in its usual form.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They were all ashamed - That is, all the legates or ambassadors. When they came into Egypt, they found them either unwilling to enter into an alliance, or unable to render them any aid, and they were ashamed that they had sought their assistance rather than depend on God (compare Jeremiah 2:36).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5This prophecy warned Judah not to rely on Egypt. It is the fourth of six woes (see study note on Isaiah 28:1–33:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Jr 2:36.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 30
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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