Isaiah 20:5

World English Bible (2000)

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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  • Isa 30:3 : 3 Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 30:5 : 5 They 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."
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches; 24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."
  • 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
  • 2 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
  • Isa 30:7 : 7 For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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    3Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

    4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

  • Isa 20:6
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    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?'"

  • Isa 30:2-3
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    2who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

    3Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

  • Job 6:20
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    20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

  • Ezek 30:4-6
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    4A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

    5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, shall fall with them by the sword.

    6Thus says Yahweh: They also who uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Isa 30:5
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    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."

  • Jer 2:36
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    36Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.

  • Ezek 30:9
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    9In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.

  • Jer 46:24
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    24The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

  • Hos 10:5-6
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    5The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.

    6It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.

  • Ezek 27:35
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    35All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.

  • Isa 18:1
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    1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

  • Zeph 2:12
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    12You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

  • Isa 45:16
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    16They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.

  • Zech 9:5
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    5Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

  • Nah 3:9
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    9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

  • Isa 19:16-17
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    16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them.

    17The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it.

  • Jer 2:26
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    26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

  • Ps 53:5
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    5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.

  • Ezek 16:54
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    54that you may bear your own shame, and may be ashamed because of all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.

  • Isa 23:5
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    5When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

  • Isa 19:23
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    23In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

  • Ezek 29:10
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    10therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.

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    16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

  • Exod 15:15
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    15Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

  • Ps 105:38
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    38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them.

  • Jer 50:12
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    12your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

  • Isa 31:1
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    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 Yahweh!

  • Isa 1:29
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    29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

  • Ps 68:31
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    31Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

  • Isa 30:7
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    7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.

  • Jer 46:12
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    12The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

  • Ezek 29:14
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    14and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

  • Jer 46:19-20
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    19You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

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    13Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

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    14Thus says Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else. There is no other god.

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    26They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;

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    11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

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    21Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.