Isaiah 20:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Isa 30:3 : 3 And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.
  • Isa 30:5 : 5 For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth: 24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel. 7 When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.
  • 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
  • 2 Kgs 18:21 : 21 See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
  • Isa 30:7 : 7 For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

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  • Isa 20:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3 And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has gone unclothed and without shoes for three years as a sign and a wonder to Egypt and Ethiopia,

    4 So will the king of Assyria take away the prisoners of Egypt and those forced out of Ethiopia, young and old, unclothed and without shoes, and with backs uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

  • Isa 20:6
    81%

    6 And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

  • Isa 30:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

    3 And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

  • Job 6:20
    77%

    20 They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

  • Ezek 30:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.

    5 Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed people and Libya and the children of the land of the Cherethites will all be put to death with them by the sword.

    6 This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

  • Isa 30:5
    75%

    5 For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.

  • Jer 2:36
    73%

    36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.

  • Ezek 30:9
    72%

    9 In that day men will go out quickly to take the news, causing fear in untroubled Ethiopia; and bitter pain will come on them as in the day of Egypt; for see, it is coming.

  • Jer 46:24
    72%

    24 The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north.

  • Hos 10:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 The people of Samaria will be full of fear because of the ox of Beth-aven; its people will have sorrow for it, and its priests will give cries of grief for its glory, for the glory has gone in flight.

    6 And they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.

  • Ezek 27:35
    71%

    35 All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.

  • Isa 18:1
    71%

    1 Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

  • Zeph 2:12
    71%

    12 And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.

  • Isa 45:16
    71%

    16 All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.

  • Zech 9:5
    71%

    5 Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled.

  • Nah 3:9
    70%

    9 Ethiopia was her strength and Egyptians without number; Put and Lubim were her helpers.

  • Isa 19:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and the land will be shaking with fear because of the waving of the Lord's hand stretched out over it.

    17 And the land of Judah will become a cause of great fear to Egypt; whenever its name comes to mind, Egypt will be in fear before the Lord of armies because of his purpose against it.

  • Jer 2:26
    70%

    26 As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;

  • Ps 53:5
    70%

    5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

  • Ezek 16:54
    70%

    54 So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.

  • Isa 23:5
    70%

    5 When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.

  • Isa 19:23
    70%

    23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will come into Assyria; and the Egyptians will give worship to the Lord together with the Assyrians.

  • Ezek 29:10
    70%

    10 See, then, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an unpeopled waste, from Migdol to Syene, even as far as the edge of Ethiopia.

  • Mic 7:16
    69%

    16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

  • Exod 15:15
    69%

    15 The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.

  • Ps 105:38
    69%

    38 Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

  • Jer 50:12
    69%

    12 Your mother will be put to shame; she who gave you birth will be looked down on: see, she will be the last of the nations, a waste place, a dry and unwatered land.

  • Isa 31:1
    69%

    1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • Isa 1:29
    69%

    29 For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

  • Ps 68:31
    69%

    31 Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

  • Isa 30:7
    68%

    7 For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

  • Jer 46:12
    68%

    12 Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down together.

  • Ezek 29:14
    68%

    14 I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.

  • Jer 46:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19 O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.

    20 Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.

  • Jer 48:13
    68%

    13 And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

  • Isa 45:14
    68%

    14 The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours; they will go after you; in chains they will come over: and they will go down on their faces before you, and will make prayer to you, saying, Truly, God is among you; and there is no other God.

  • Ezek 39:26
    68%

    26 And they will be conscious of their shame and of all the wrong which they have done against me, when they are living in their land with no sense of danger and with no one to be a cause of fear to them;

  • Zeph 3:11
    68%

    11 In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.

  • Hos 11:5
    68%

    5 He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

  • Zech 10:11
    68%

    11 And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.

  • Jer 3:24
    68%

    24 But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

  • Ezek 30:11
    67%

    11 He and the people with him, causing fear among the nations, will be sent for the destruction of the land; their swords will be let loose against Egypt and the land will be full of dead.

  • 2 Kgs 18:21
    67%

    21 See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.