Isaiah 20:5

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
afraid	וְחַתּ֖וּ ve.cha.Tu	H2865	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
ashamed	וָבֹ֑שׁוּ va.Vo.shu	H954	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
Ethiopia	מִכּוּשׁ֙ mi.Kush	H3568	Cush (or Ethiopia) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
expectation	מַבָּטָ֔ם ma.ba.Tam	H4007	something expected · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Egypt	מִצְרַ֖יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
glory	תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם tif.'ar.Tam	H8597	ornament (abstractly or concretely · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Isaiah 30:3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 30:5 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.
2 Kings 18:21 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 pierc…
Jeremiah 9:23-24 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…
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.
Ezekiel 29:6-7 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.
1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
Isaiah 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 20:1–end

God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe, I. The date of this prophecy. It was in the year that Ashdod, a strong city of the Philistines (but which some think was lately recovered from them by Hezekiah, when he smote the Philistines even unto Gaza, Kg2 18:8), was besieged and taken by an army of the Assyrians. It is uncertain what year of Hezekiah that was, but the event was so remarkable that those who lived then could by that token fix the time to a year. He that was now king of Assyria is called Sargon, which some take to be the same with Sennacherib; others think he was his immediate…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 20:5

they--the Philistine allies of Egypt who trusted in it for help against Assyria. A warning to the party among the Jews, who, though Judah was then the subordinate ally of Assyria, were looking to Egypt as a preferable ally (Isa 30:7). Ethiopia was their "expectation"; for Palestine had not yet obtained, but hoped for alliance with it. Egypt was their "glory," that is, boast (Isa 13:19); for the alliance with it was completed.

John Gill on Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be afraid and ashamed,.... That is, those that trusted and depended upon the Egyptians and Ethiopians, particularly the Jews after mentioned, shall be "afraid" that it will be their turn next, that they also shall be taken and carried captive; and they shall be "ashamed" that they have put their trust and confidence in those nations, and not in the Lord: of Ethiopia their expectation; from whom they expected assistance and protection, particularly when Tirhakah king of Ethiopia went out against the king of Assyria, that he would have been a match for him, and have overcome him, and so have freed them from such a powerful enemy: and of Egypt their glory; who was their ally, a…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 20:5

Dictionary and topics

Captive — One taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by…
No — Or No-A’mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or Southern Egypt. “The multitude of No” (Jer. 46:25) is more correctly rendered,…
Philistines — (Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the…
Confidence · FALSE — FALSE
Ethiopia · General references — General references
Hope · Of the wicked: Shall make them ashamed — Of the wicked: Shall make them ashamed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 20:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 20:5

John Gill on Isaiah 20:5

John Calvin on Isaiah 20:5

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 20:1–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 20:5

John Gill on Isaiah 20:5

John Calvin on Isaiah 20:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 20:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 20:5-6

Rashi on Isaiah 20:5