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Isaiah 30:5

everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”

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ASV

They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֣לkoleveryoneH3605 →
הֹבִ֔ישׁhiv.'ishhe will be ashamedH954 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
עַ֖ם'ama peopleH5971 →
לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808 →
יוֹעִ֣ילוּyo.'I.luthey will confer profitH3276 →
לָ֑מוֹla.moto them
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
לְעֵ֙זֶר֙le.'E.zerfor helpH5828 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
לְהוֹעִ֔ילle.ho.'Ilto confer profitH3276 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
לְבֹ֖שֶׁתle.Vo.shetfor shameH1322 →
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ סle.cher.Pahfor reproachH2781 →

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Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.Isaiah 30:7Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.Jeremiah 2:8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Isaiah 31:1–3Woe 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 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Isaiah 20:5–6Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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