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30 Eternal One: Oh, it will be so bad for you, My rebellious children,
        who enact a plan but not as I would have you do,
    Who form an alliance contrary to My Spirit,
        compounding sin, one bad choice after another.
    You look to Egypt for security and help without consulting Me.
        You seem to think that Pharaoh is the answer,
    That Egypt will protect you from harm.
    But because you cling to the earthly power of great nations,
        you will be disappointed and ashamed
    In the very thing you grasped—Pharaoh and Egypt.

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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)
But Pharaoh’s protection will be to your shame,
    Egypt’s shade(H) will bring you disgrace.(I)

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