Register
Read Plans
Sign in Register

Isaiah 30:5

WEB

5They 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.”

KJV

5They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

BSB

5everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

FBV

5the Egyptians will offend everyone because they are useless—they're no help and good for nothing, except for causing shame and bringing disgrace.

Related Resources

Book of Isaiah Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 1) - BibleProject

Extra References

Jeremiah 2:36

36Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

Isaiah 30:7

7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.

Isaiah 31:1-3

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 don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek the LORD! 2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity. 3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

Isaiah 20:5-6

5They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6The 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?’”

Isaiah 30:16

16but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.