Isaiah 30:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 They go down to Egypt,
without asking my counsel,[a]
To seek strength in Pharaoh’s protection
and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.(A)
3 Pharaoh’s protection shall become your shame,
refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.(B)
4 When his princes are at Zoan
and his messengers reach Hanes,(C)
Footnotes
- 30:2 Without asking my counsel: it was a practice to consult God through the prophets or through the priestly oracle before making a major political decision (1 Sm 23:1–12; 1 Kgs 22:5), but Judah’s leadership, in its concern for security, was apparently trying to keep its plan for a treaty with Egypt secret even from the prophets, thus implicitly from God (29:15).
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