New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 30:5
5Everyone will be 1ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are 2not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”
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
3Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation. 4For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. Everyone 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; 7Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her “Rahab who has been exterminated.”
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
- Everyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
- of a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- who cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- profitיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276
- not for helpעֵ֫זֶר‛êzer · helperH5828
- but for shameבֹּ֫שֶׁתbôsheth · shameH1322
- and alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
- for reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:5
- Isaiah 30:16And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses,” Therefore you shall flee! “And we will ride on swift horses,” Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
- Isaiah 20:5Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.
- Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
- Jeremiah 2:36Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria.
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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