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

3And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and token against Egypt and Cush, 4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast. 6So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’”

Isaiah 20:5 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Isaiah 20:5

• Isaiah 30:3Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
• Isaiah 36:6Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
• 2 Kings 18:21Now behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
• Ezekiel 29:6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
• Isaiah 2:22Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?
• Jeremiah 9:23Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;
• Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 3:21So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,

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