King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 30:3
“Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 30
1
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:
2
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!
3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5
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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