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The Worthless Treaty with Egypt

Isaiah 30:4

In 11 translations

BSB
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
KJV
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
WEB
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
ASV
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
LSV
For his princes were in Zoan, || And his messengers reach Hanes.
YLT
For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.
DBY
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
DRC
For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.
GNV
For his princes were at Zoan, and his Ambassadours came vnto Hanes.
JPS
For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.
LXXE
For there are princes in Tanes, evil messengers.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־הָי֥וּ בְצֹ֖עַן שָׂרָ֑יו וּמַלְאָכָ֖יו חָנֵ֥ס יַגִּֽיעוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν Τάνει ἀρχηγοὶ ἄγγελοι πονηροί.

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📍 Hanes📍 Zoan◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
  • Jeremiah 43:7So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
  • Isaiah 57:9You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
  • Hosea 7:11–12So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I…
  • Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
  • Ezekiel 30:18The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
  • Ezekiel 30:14I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
  • 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested…
  • Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

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