Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 20:5
5So they will be dismayed and ashamed, because they hoped in Ethiopia and boasted in Egypt.
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 Adonai said: “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, 4so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to Egypt’s shame. So they will be dismayed and ashamed, because they hoped in Ethiopia and boasted in Egypt. 6Then the inhabitants of the coastland will say in that day, ‘Look, such is our hope—there we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’”
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וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 20:5
- Isaiah 30:3Therefore Pharaoh’s stronghold will become your shame, and the shelter in Egypt’s shadow will become your disgrace.
- Isaiah 36:6Behold, you rely on this splintered reed as a staff—Egypt! If a man leans on it, it will go into the palm of his hand and pierce it—thus Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
- 2 Kings 18:21Behold, you rely on this splintered reed as a staff—Egypt! If a man leans on it, it will go into the palm of his hand and pierce it—thus Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
- Ezekiel 29:6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Adonai, because they were a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
- Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in mankind —whose breath is in his nose— for what is he really worth?
- Jeremiah 9:23But let one who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me. For I am Adonai who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth. For in these things I delight.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says Adonai: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, and depends on flesh as his arm, and whose heart turns from Adonai.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So let no one boast about men. For 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
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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
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