World English Bible
"Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion."
— Isaiah 30:3, World English Bible
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. ”
“But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation.”
“And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame.”
“And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.”
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”
"Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach."
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.