Isaiah 30:4
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For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.

his princes

Isaiah 57:9 And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.

2 Kings 17:4 And when the king of the Assyrians found that Osee, endeavouring to rebel, had sent messengers to Sua, the king of Egypt, that he might not pay tribute to the king of the Assyrians, as he had done every year, he besieged him, bound him, and cast him into prison.

Hosea 7:11,12,16 And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians. . . .

Zoan

Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Numbers 13:22 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

Ezekiel 30:14 And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria.

Hanes

Jeremiah 43:7 And they went into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: and they came as far as Taphnis.

Tahpanhes

Ezekiel 30:18 And in Taphnis the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the sceptres of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be led into captivity.

Context
The Worthless Treaty with Egypt
3And the strength of Pharao shall be to your confusion, and the confidence of the shadow of Egypt to your shame. 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.…
Cross References
Psalm 78:12
Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.

Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Jeremiah 49:14
I have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent to the nations: Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and let us rise up to battle.

Obadiah 1:1
And I will plant them upon their own land: and I will no more pluck them out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

Lexicon
For though
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

their princes
שָׂרָ֑יו (śā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

are
הָי֥וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

at Zoan
בְצֹ֖עַן (ḇə·ṣō·‘an)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6814: Zoan -- a place in Egypt

and their envoys
וּמַלְאָכָ֖יו (ū·mal·’ā·ḵāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

have arrived
יַגִּֽיעוּ׃ (yag·gî·‘ū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

in Hanes,
חָנֵ֥ס (ḥā·nês)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2609: Hanes -- a place in Egypt


Additional Translations
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.

For there are princes in Tanes, evil messengers.

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.

For his princes were at Zoan, and his embassadors came to Hanes.

For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.

For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.
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