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Help from Egypt is futile

30 Doom to you, rebellious children, says the Lord,
    who make a plan, which is not mine;
    who weave a plot,[a] but not by my spirit,
        piling up sin on sin;
    setting out to go down to Egypt without consulting me,
    taking refuge in Pharaoh’s refuge and hiding in Egypt’s shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:1 Heb uncertain

Woe to the Obstinate Nation

30 “Woe(A) to the obstinate children,”(B)
    declares the Lord,
“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
    forming an alliance,(C) but not by my Spirit,
    heaping sin upon sin;
who go down to Egypt(D)
    without consulting(E) me;
who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection,(F)
    to Egypt’s shade for refuge.(G)

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