5Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.


In Context

2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.

3 Then the Lord said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,

4 so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared-to Egypt's shame.

5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.

6 In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?' "

Isaiah 20:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Cush their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.