And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
They - the Philistine allies of Egypt, who trusted in it for help against Assyria.
Shall be ... ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory - a warning to the party among the Jews who, though Judah was then the subordinate ally of Assyria, were looking to Egypt as a preferable ally (Isaiah 30:7). Ethiopia was their "expectation," for Palestina had not yet obtained, but hoped for alliance with it. Egypt was their "glory" - i:e., boast (Isaiah 13:19), because the alliance with it was completed.