Isaiah 20:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחַתּ֖וּ וָבֹ֑שׁוּ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מַבָּטָ֔ם וּמִן־מִצְרַ֖יִם תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃

Transliteration

And they shall be ḥattū wābōshū from kūsh their mabbāṭām and from-miṣrayim their tipʾarttām

Grammar Details

*ḥattū*: 3rd plural Qal perfect - they will be dismayed/terrified
*wābōshū*: waw conjunctive + 3rd plural Qal perfect - and they will be ashamed
*kūsh*: proper noun - Cush/Ethiopia
*mabbāṭām*: noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their expectation/hope
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*tipʾarttām*: noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their glory/pride

Word Meanings

*ḥattū*: dismayed/terrified/shattered
*bōshū*: ashamed/disappointed/confused
*mabbāṭ*: expectation/hope/object of trust
*tipʾartām*: glory/pride/boast

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Referenced Verses

Isa 30:3 : 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isa 30:5 : 5 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.
Jer 9:23-24 : 23 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: 24 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.
Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 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. 7 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.
1 Cor 3:21 : 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
2 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isa 30:7 : 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isa 36:6 : 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

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