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.
5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace."
5 everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace."
5 but there's nothing to them. Anyone stupid enough to trust them will end up looking stupid - All show, no substance, an embarrassing farce."
5 They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
5 all who trust in him will be ashamed. He will not help you. Instead, he will disgrace you."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 30:5
Commentary on Isaiah 30:1-7
(Read Isaiah 30:1-7)
It was often the fault and folly of the Jews, that when troubled by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from others, instead of looking up to God. Nor can we avoid the dreadful consequences of adding sin to sin, but by making the righteousness of Christ our refuge, and seeking for the sanctification of the Holy Spirit. Men have always been prone to lean to their own understandings, but this will end in their shame and misery. They would not trust in God. They took much pains to gain the Egyptians. The riches so spent turned to a bad account. See what dangers men run into who forsake God to follow their carnal confidences. The Creator is the Rock of ages, the creature a broken reed; we cannot expect too little from man, or too much from God. Our strength is to sit still, in humble dependence upon God and his goodness, and quiet submission to his will.