New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 30:4
Isaiah 30:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
- New International Version (NIV)Though they have officials in Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For though his officials are at Zoan and his envoys reach Hanes,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
Context of Isaiah 30:4
2Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! 3Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation. For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. 5Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.” 6The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels’ humps, To a people who cannot profit them;
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כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ בְצֹ֖עַן שָׂרָ֑יו וּמַלְאָכָ֖יו חָנֵ֥ס יַגִּֽיעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:4
- Isaiah 57:9You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to Sheol.
- 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
- Numbers 13:22When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Ezekiel 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes.
- Jeremiah 43:7and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.
- Ezekiel 30:18In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Hanes - Six MSS. of Kennicott's, and perhaps six others, with four of De Rossi's, read חנם chinnam, in vain, for הנס Hanes ; and so also the Septuagint, who read likewise יגעו yageu, labored, for יגיעו yaggiu, arrived at.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For his princes - The sense of this verse seems to be this. The prophet is stating the fact that the Jews would be ashamed of their attempted alliance with Egypt. In this verse, and the following, he states the manner in which they would be made sensible of their folly in seeking this alliance. He therefore enumerates several circumstances in regard to the manner in which the alliance had been sought, and the disappointment that would follow after all…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Zoan: See Isaiah 19:11. The location of Hanes is uncertain.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. his--Judah's (compare Is 9:21). at Zoan--are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see Is 19:11). came to Hanes--are come there. West of the Nile, in central Egypt: Egyptian Hnes; the Greek Heracleopolis: perhaps the Anysis of Herodotus (2.137); according to Grotius, Tahpanhes contracted (Jr 43:7-9); the seat of a reigning prince at the time, as was Zoan, hence the Jewish ambassadors go to both.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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