Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 30:3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
3. strength trust ] refuge hiding; as Isa 30:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame – (see the note at Isa 20:5).
Your confusion – Hebrew, For reproach. It would either occur that the Egyptians would not enter into an alliance; or that if they did, they could not defend them, and in either case it would be the source of deep regret and shame.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
As being not only unprofitable, but mischievous to you.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. shamedisappointment.Egypt, weakened by its internal dissensions, can give no solid help.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame,…. They should be disappointed of the help and assistance they expected from him, and so be ashamed of their ally, and of confidence in him:
and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion; they should be confounded, when they should find themselves unsupported by the Egyptians, in whom they put their confidence; so all such that trust in the creature, or in an arm of flesh, sooner or later are ashamed and confounded; but those that trust in the Lord never are, neither in this world, nor in that to come.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
3. But to you shall the strength of Pharaoh be shame. He now shews what shall be the end of the wicked, who despise God and his word, and follow those schemes which are most agreeable to their own views. All that they undertake shall tend to their ruin. He threatens not only that they shall be disappointed of their hope, but also that they are seeking with great toil, destruction and ruin, from which they will gain nothing but sorrow and disgrace. To all wicked men it must unavoidably happen that, although for a time they appear to gain their object, and though everything succeeds to their wish, yet in the end all shall be ruinous to them. It is the just reward of their rashness, when they go beyond the limits of the word; for nothing that has been acquired by wicked and unlawful methods can be of advantage to any person.
By way of admission he calls it “the strength of Pharaoh,” as if he had said, “You think that you gain much protection from Pharaoh, but it will yield you reproach and disgrace. The shadow of Egypt, by which you hoped to be covered, will make you blush for shame.” Accordingly, both expressions, “shame” and “disgrace,” have the same meaning; and as חרפה, ( chĕrpāh,) (287) reproach, is a stronger expression than “shame,” it is afterwards added for the purpose of bringing out the meaning more fully.
(287) Bogus footnote
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Isa 30:3. Therefore, &c. The prophet here foretels the unfortunate event of their enterprize; namely, that their reliance on the strength of So, the Pharaoh or king of Egypt, should avail them nothing, but turn out to their confusion. See 2Ki 17:4. This is more fully set forth in the subsequent verses.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Isa 30:3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
Ver. 3. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame. ] They that consult not with God “consult shame to their own houses”; Heb 2:10 and because they despise him, they shall be lightly esteemed. 1Sa 2:30 When any came to Bacon and Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth’s gravest counsellors, with a project or design of raising her revenue, or promoting her interest, they would ask him how much reputation would redound unto her by it. Moses, who was faithful in all God’s house, had the like care of God’s glory, Exo 32:10 ; Exo 32:12 and is therefore renowned to all posterity. But these apostates in the text, for carnal policy and contempt of God, are justly branded and threatened with disgrace and disappointment.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
trust (See Scofield “Psa 2:12”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
the strength: Isa 30:5-7, Isa 20:5, Jer 37:5-10
your confusion: Isa 45:16, Isa 45:17, Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6, Rom 5:5, Rom 10:11
Reciprocal: Num 14:9 – defence 2Ch 28:20 – distressed him Psa 108:12 – for vain Psa 118:9 – than to put Isa 18:1 – the land Isa 31:2 – against the help Jer 41:17 – to go Jer 46:25 – and all Eze 16:33 – but thou Hos 2:7 – she shall follow Hos 10:6 – ashamed
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The safety they had sought would prove to be a delusion. The supposed protection that Pharaoh offered would result in the disappointment of hope, and the shelter that Egypt promised would turn to disgrace. The Pharaoh at this time was Shabako, a Nubian. The Egyptians were not even strong enough to provide a native Egyptian to rule them. This was a weak period in Egyptian history. I am assuming that the historical context of this prophecy was shortly before Sennacherib’s invasion of Jerusalem in 701 B.C.