Isaiah 30:4 · KJV
“For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.”
— Isaiah 30:4
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt {your} confusion.
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 — Context
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!
3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt {your} confusion.
4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5They were all ashamed of a people {that} could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6The 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}.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan {are} fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I {am} the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Isaiah 57:9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase {thyself even} unto hell. {thou...: or, thou respectedst}
Jeremiah 43:7
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they {even} to Tahpanhes.
Hosea 7:16
They return, {but} not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this {shall be} their derision in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30:14
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. {Zoan: or, Tanis}
Ezekiel 30:18
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. {darkened: or, restrained}
Hosea 7:11-12
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Numbers 13:22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, {were}. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)