Isaiah 30:1-7
Read Isaiah 30 in full →Alliance with Egypt Condemned
30“Woe to the arebellious children,” declares Yahweh,“Who bexecute counsel, but not Mine,And 1,cmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit,In order to add sin to sin,2Who ago down to Egypt—But did not bask 1Me—cTo find strength in the strong defense of PharaohAnd to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!3“Therefore the strong defense of Pharaoh will be ayour shameAnd the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your dishonor.4“For atheir princes are at ZoanAnd their messengers reach Hanes.5“Everyone will be aashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,Who are bnot for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”6The 1oracle concerning the abeasts of the bNegev. Through a land of cdistress and anguish,From 2where come lioness and lion, viper and dflying fiery serpent,They ecarry their wealth on the 3backs of young donkeysAnd their treasures on fcamels’ humps,To a people who cannot profit them;
7Even Egypt, whose ahelp is vain and empty.Therefore, I have called 1her“2,bRahab who has ceased.”