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5-6 Then how dismayed the Philistines[a] will be, who counted on “Ethiopia’s power” and their “glorious ally,” Egypt! And they will say, “If this can happen to Egypt, what chance have we?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 20:5 Philistines, literally, “inhabitants of the coastland.”

Those who trusted(A) in Cush(B) and boasted in Egypt(C) will be dismayed and put to shame.(D) In that day(E) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened(F) to those we relied on,(G) those we fled to for help(H) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?(I)’”

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