Isaiah 20:5 “Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed…”

Isaiah 20:5

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.

Young's Literal Translation

and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“afraid”

Isaiah 30:3 Isaiah 30:5 2 Kings 18:21 Isaiah 30:7 Isaiah 36:6 Ezekiel 29:6

Isaiah 30:3 · BSB

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 30:5 · BSB

everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”

2 Kings 18:21 · BSB

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 30:7 · BSB

Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

Isaiah 36:6 · BSB

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:6 · BSB

Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

“their glory”

Jeremiah 17:5 1 Corinthians 3:21 Isaiah 2:22 Jeremiah 9:23 Jeremiah 9:24

Jeremiah 17:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

1 Corinthians 3:21 · BSB

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

Isaiah 2:22 · BSB

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Jeremiah 9:24 · BSB

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

6And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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