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And they will be dismayedוְחַתּוּand ashamedוָבֹשׁוּbecause of Cush,מִכּוּשׁtheir hope,מַבָּטָםand because of Egypt,וּמִן מִצְרַיִםtheir beauty.תִּפְאַרְתָּם
Isaiah 20:5
Study it in the app“And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their beauty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 20:5, word by word
- And they will be dismayedחַתּוּchatu
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “chatu” appears- and ashamedבֹשׁוּvoshu
be disappointed
To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.
Where else “voshu” appears- because of Cushכּוּשׁkush
Cush
Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.
Where else “kush” appears- their hopeמַבָּטָmabata
hope, expectation
Hope: what one looks to and expects.
Where else “mabata” appears- and because of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- their beautyתִּפְאַרְתָּtifarta
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifarta” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the inhabitant of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from before the king of Assyria! And how will we escape?’”