3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. …
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)It was often the fault and folly of the people of the Jews that, when they were insulted by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from their neighbours on the other side, instead of looking up to God and putting their confidence in him. Against the Israelites they sought to the Syrians, 2 Chron. 16:2 , 3 . Against the Syrians they sought to the Assyrians, 2 Kgs. 16:7. Against the A…
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