Isaiah 30:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּל הבאיש הֹבִישׁ עַל־עַם לֹא־יוֹעִילוּ לָמוֹ לֹא לְעֵזֶר וְלֹא לְהוֹעִיל כִּי לְבֹשֶׁת וְגַם־לְחֶרְפָּה׃

Transliteration

All hōbîš upon a people [that] not yôʿîlû to them, not for help and not for profit, but for bōšet and also for ḥerpâ.

Grammar Details

*hōbîš*: hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he caused shame/made ashamed
*yôʿîlû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person plural - they will profit/benefit
*bōšet*: feminine singular noun - shame/disgrace
*ḥerpâ*: feminine singular noun - reproach/disgrace

Word Meanings

*hōbîš*: he caused shame/made ashamed/brought to disgrace
*yôʿîlû*: they will profit/benefit/be of use
*bōšet*: shame/disgrace/disappointment
*ḥerpâ*: reproach/disgrace/scorn/insult

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:36 : 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Isa 30:7 : 7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.
Isa 30:16 : 16 but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
Isa 20:5-6 : 5 And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. 6 And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

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