Isaiah 30:1 - 30:7

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares Yahweh,

“Who execute counsel, but not Mine,

And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,

In order to add sin to sin,

Who go down to Egypt—

But did not ask Me—

To find strength in the strong defense of Pharaoh

And to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

Therefore the strong defense of Pharaoh will be your shame

And the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your dishonor.

For their princes are at Zoan

And their messengers reach Hanes.

Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,

Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

6 The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.

Through a land of distress and anguish,

From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying fiery serpent,

They carry their wealth on the backs of young donkeys

And their treasures on camels’ humps,

To a people who cannot profit them;

Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.

Therefore, I have called her

“Rahab who has ceased.”