KJV King James Version
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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Isaiah 30:4
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
WEB World English Bible
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
ASV American Standard Version
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 30
1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.
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Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?Jeremiah 43:7So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they [even] to Tahpanhes.Isaiah 57:9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] unto hell.Ezekiel 30:18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Hosea 7:11-12Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.Hosea 7:16They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
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