30 “Woe to the ^(A)rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who ^(B)execute a plan, but not Mine,
And ^[a](C)make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
² Who ^(D)proceed down to Egypt
Without ^(E)consulting ^[b]Me,
^(F)To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
³ “Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be ^(G)your shame
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
⁴ “For ^(H)their princes are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
⁵ “Everyone will be ^(I)ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,
Who are ^(J)not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

Through a land of ^(M)distress and anguish,
From ^[d]where come lioness and lion, viper and ^(N)flying serpent,
They ^(O)carry their riches on the ^[e]backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on ^(P)camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;
⁷ Even Egypt, whose ^(Q)help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called ^[f]her
“^[g](R)Rahab who has been exterminated.”