“The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame, Turned over to the power of the people of the north.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
- KJV The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
- BSB The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
- NKJV The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed; She shall be delivered into the hand Of the people of the north.”
- NLT Egypt will be humiliated; she will be handed over to people from the north.”
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Quick answer
The 'daughter of Egypt' will be put to shame, handed over to the people of the north (Babylon).
Overview
Egypt is personified as a humiliated daughter, delivered into the power of the northern invader. The judgment exposes the futility of trusting a nation God has appointed to fall. Judah had often leaned on Egypt for help; this verse warns that misplaced trust ends in shame, pointing forward to the call to trust the LORD alone.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Jer 1:15For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Ps 137:8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
- Jer 46:19–20You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burned up, without inhabitant.
- Jer 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain do you use many medicines. There is no healing for you.
- Ezek 29:1–21In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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