King James Version
Isaiah 30:5 in the King James Version says “They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproac...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 30:5 · KJV
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.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. concerning: or, to her
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“They were all ashamed”
H3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of a people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor profit”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor profit”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“but a shame”
H1322shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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