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Isaiah 20:5
“They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.”
Isaiah 20:5 in the King James Version
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.Read Isaiah 20:5 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Isaiah 20
Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?
Cross references for Isaiah 20:5
- Isaiah 30:5
They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
- Isaiah 30:3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
- Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I ...
- 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
- Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
- Ezekiel 29:6-7
All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke...
- Isaiah 36:6
Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- Isaiah 30:7
For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.
- Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
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