Isaiah 30:1–11

Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance

1 “Woe to the arebellious children,” declares the Lord,

“Who bexecute a plan, but not Mine,

And 1cmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit,

In order to add sin to sin;

2 Who aproceed down to Egypt

Without bconsulting 1Me,

cTo take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh

And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

3 “Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be ayour shame

And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.

4 “For atheir princes are at Zoan

And their ambassadors arrive at 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.”

6 The 1oracle concerning the abeasts of the bNegev.

Through a land of cdistress and anguish,

From 2where come lioness and lion, viper and dflying serpent,

They ecarry their riches on the 3backs of young donkeys

And their treasures on fcamels’ humps,

To a people who cannot profit them;

7 Even Egypt, whose ahelp is vain and empty.

Therefore, I have called 1her

“2bRahab who has been exterminated.”

8 Now go, awrite it on a tablet before them

And inscribe it on a scroll,

That it may 1serve in the time to come

2As a witness forever.

9 For this is a arebellious people, bfalse sons,

Sons who 1refuse to clisten

To the 2instruction of the Lord;

10 Who say to the aseers, “You must not see visions”;

And to the prophets, “You must not bprophesy to us what is right,

cSpeak to us 1pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions.

11 “Get out of the way, aturn aside from the path,

1bLet us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”