Isaiah 30:1–15

Woe to athe rebellious children, saith the Lord,

bThat take counsel, but not of me;

And that ccover with a covering, but not of my spirit,

dThat they may add sin to sin:

2  That walk eto go down into Egypt,

And have not fasked at my mouth;

To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,

And to trust in gthe shadow of Egypt!

3  Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame,

And hthe trust in gthe shadow of Egypt your confusion.

4  For his princes were at iZoan,

And jhis ambassadors came to kHanes.

5  lThey were all ashamed of ma people that could not profit them,

Nor be an help nor profit,

But a shame, and also a reproach.

6  nThe burden of othe beasts of the south:

Into the land of ptrouble and panguish,

qFrom whence come the young and rold lion,

stThe viper and sufiery flying serpent,

vThey will carry their riches upon the shoulders of wyoung asses,

And vtheir treasures upon the bunches of camels,

To ma people that shall not profit them.

7  For hthe Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:

Therefore have I cried ||concerning this, Their xstrength is to sit still.

8  Now go, ywrite it before them in a table,

And znote it in a book,

That it may be for †the time to come

For ever and ever:

9  That athis is a rebellious people, lying children,

Children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

10  Which say to the bseers, See not;

And to the prophets, cProphesy not unto us right things,

dSpeak unto us smooth things,

Prophesy deceits:

11  Get you out of the way,

Turn aside out of the path,

Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

12  Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel,

Because ye despise this word,

And trust in ||oppression and eperverseness,

And stay thereon:

13  Therefore this iniquity shall be to you fas a breach ready to fall,

Swelling out in a high wall,

gWhose breaking cometh ghsuddenly at an instant.

14  And ihe shall break it as the breaking of †the potters’ vessel

That is broken in pieces; khe shall not spare:

So that there shall not be found in the bursting of it kka sherd

lTo take fire from the hearth,

Or to take water withal out of mthe pit.

15  For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel;

In returning and nrest shall ye be saved;

oIn quietness and in confidence shall be your strength:

pAnd ye would not.