5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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5 And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
5 and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,
5 And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.
5 They shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
5 And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
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.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
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Commentary on Isaiah 20 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 20
This chapter is a prediction of the carrying away of multitudes both of the Egyptians and the Ethiopians into captivity by the king of Assyria. Here is,
Isa 20:1-6
God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe,