King James Version
Isaiah 30:3 in the King James Version says “Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”
Isaiah 30:3 · KJV
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“be your shame”
H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
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