Isaiah 20:5
Good News Translation
Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered.

New Revised Standard Version
And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Contemporary English Version
They will be confused and frustrated, because they depended on Ethiopia and bragged about Egypt.

New American Bible
They shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia, their hope, and because of Egypt, their boast.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

afraid

Isaiah 30:3,5,7 And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame. . . .

Isaiah 36:6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

2 Kings 18:21 Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will break and go into his hand, and pierce it? so is Pharao, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:6,7 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel. . . .

their glory

Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye therefore from the man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he is reputed high.

Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches: . . .

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:21 Let no man therefore glory in men.

Context
A Sign Against Egypt and Cush
4So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt. 5And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.6And the inhabitants of this isle shall say in that day: Lo this was our hope, to whom we fled for help, to deliver us from the face of the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be able to escape?…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:21
Let no man therefore glory in men.

2 Kings 18:21
Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will break and go into his hand, and pierce it? so is Pharao, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

Isaiah 30:3
And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.

Isaiah 36:9
And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's servants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and in horsemen:

Isaiah 37:9
And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:

Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in the earth: for these things please me, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

Jeremiah 46:25
The Lord of hosts the God of Israel hath said: Behold I will visit upon the tumult of Alexandria, and upon Pharao, and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings, and upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him.

Ezekiel 29:6
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast been a staff of a reed to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee with the hand thou didst break, and rent all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brokest, and weakenest all their loins.

Ezekiel 29:16
And they shall be no more a confidence to the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, that they may flee, and follow them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

Nahum 3:9
Ethiopia and Egypt were the strength thereof, and there is no end: Africa and the Libyans were thy helpers.

Zephaniah 2:12
You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.

Isaiah 20:4
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