Isaiah 30:5
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They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

Isaiah 10:3
What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Isaiah 30:7
For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

Isaiah 31:3
Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.

Isaiah 36:6
Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

Jeremiah 2:36
How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

Isaiah 30:16 But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you.

Isaiah 20:5,6 And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory. . . .

Isaiah 31:1-3 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 2:36 How exceeding base art thou become, going the same ways over again! and thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Context
The Worthless Treaty with Egypt
4For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes. 5They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.6The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them.…
Lexicon
everyone
כֹּ֣ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

will be put to shame
הֹבִ֔ישׁ (hō·ḇîš)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 887: To smell bad, to be offensive

because of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a people
עַ֖ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

useless
יוֹעִ֣ילוּ (yō·w·‘î·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

to them.
לָ֑מוֹ (lā·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

They cannot
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be of help;
לְעֵ֙זֶר֙ (lə·‘ê·zer)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5828: A help, helper

they are good
לְהוֹעִ֔יל (lə·hō·w·‘îl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

for nothing
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

but
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

shame
לְבֹ֖שֶׁת (lə·ḇō·šeṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1322: Shame, shameful thing

and reproach.
לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ (lə·ḥer·pāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2781: Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda


Additional Translations
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.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.

They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

In vain shall they labour in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.

They were all ashamed of a people [that] did not profit them, nor were a help or profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can't profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach."

All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!
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