Isaiah 30:5 meaning and explanation
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
Isaiah 30:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah is speaking to Judah's leaders in the late eighth century BC, as Assyria threatened and they looked to Egypt for rescue. Verses 1 to 4 describe envoys traveling through the Delta towns of Zoan and Hanes to negotiate an alliance.
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