Isaiah 30:3
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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.
Cross-References
“And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.”
“It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.”
“And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.”
“For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.”
“They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.”