See, you are relying now on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
Isaiah 20:5 - New Revised Standard Version And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and expectation and Egypt their glory and boast. American Standard Version (1901) And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. Common English Bible They will be shattered and shamed because of Cush their hope, and because of Egypt their glory. Catholic Public Domain Version And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory. |
See, you are relying now on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
Turn away from mortals, who have only breath in their nostrils, for of what account are they?
Therefore the protection of Pharaoh shall become your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation.
everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace.
For Egypt's help is worthless and empty, therefore I have called her, “Rahab who sits still.”
Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!
See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Now the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, “He has set out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord.
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
The Egyptians shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel; they will recall their iniquity, when they turned to them for aid. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.
Ethiopia was her strength, Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.