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Warning against Alliance with Egypt

30 “Oh rebellious children!” declares[a] Yahweh,

“to make a plan, but[b] not from me,
    and pour out a libation, but[c] not from my Spirit,
    so as to add[d] sin to sin.
Who go to go down to Egypt,
    but[e] they do not ask of my mouth,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:1 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Isaiah 30:1 Or “and”
  3. Isaiah 30:1 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 30:1 Literally “for the sake of adding”
  5. Isaiah 30:2 Or “and”

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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