They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, that is, disgrace would strike the people of Judah for taking this course in seeking help from Egypt, which could be of no real benefit to them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame and also a reproach. That would be the result, the well-merited punishment which would come upon Judah for forsaking the trust in Jehovah alone. The prophet here interrupts has testimony of warning in order to insert an oracle directed against Egypt.

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