Isaiah 20:5
New International Version
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.

New Living Translation
Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!

English Standard Version
Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

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

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

New King James Version
Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

New American Standard Bible
Then they will be terrified and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their pride.

NASB 1995
“Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

NASB 1977
“Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their boast.

Amplified Bible
Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they shall be defeated and they will be ashamed of Cush their trust, and of Egypt their glory

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

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

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

English Revised Version
And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the people will be shattered and ashamed because Sudan was their hope and Egypt was their beauty.

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

International Standard Version
Then they will be dismayed and put to shame because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their jewel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Literal Standard Version
and they have been frightened and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

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

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

NET Bible
Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

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

New Heart English Bible
They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Cush 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Sign Against Egypt and Cush
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. 5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. 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?’ ”…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

2 Kings 18:21
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 30:3
But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt's shade your disgrace.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 36:9
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master's servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Isaiah 37:9
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: "He has set out to fight against you." On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Jeremiah 9:23
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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

afraid

Isaiah 30:3,5,7
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion…

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

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 pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

their glory

Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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 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.

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Isaiah 20
1. A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.














Verse 5. - They shall be afraid and ashamed. Those who have resorted to Egypt and Ethiopia for aid shall be "ashamed" of their folly in doing so, and "afraid" of its consequences (see the last clause of ver. 6).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Those who made Cush
מִכּוּשׁ֙ (mik·kūš)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

their hope
מַבָּטָ֔ם (mab·bā·ṭām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4007: Something expected, expectation

and Egypt
מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

their boast
תִּפְאַרְתָּֽם׃ (tip̄·’ar·tām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory

will be dismayed
וְחַתּ֖וּ (wə·ḥat·tū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

and ashamed.
וָבֹ֑שׁוּ (wā·ḇō·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed


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