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They depart for Egypt
    without seeking my counsel,
to take refuge in Pharaoh’s protection
    and to take shelter in Egypt’s shadow.
Therefore, Pharaoh’s protection will be your shame,
    and the shelter of Egypt’s shadow
    will be your humiliation.
For though his princes are at Zoan
    and his envoys have reached Hanes,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:4 Hanes: like Tunis, a city in the Nile Delta and a residence of the pharaoh.