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For (A)their princes are at Zoan
And their messengers reach Hanes.
Everyone will be (B)ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,
Who are (C)not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

The [a]oracle concerning the (D)beasts of the (E)Negev.

Through a land of (F)distress and anguish,
From [b]where come lioness and lion, viper and (G)flying fiery serpent,
They (H)carry their wealth on the [c]backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on (I)camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:6 Or burden of
  2. Isaiah 30:6 Lit them
  3. Isaiah 30:6 Lit shoulders

Though they have officials in Zoan(A)
    and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
everyone will be put to shame
    because of a people(B) useless(C) to them,
who bring neither help(D) nor advantage,
    but only shame and disgrace.(E)

A prophecy(F) concerning the animals of the Negev:(G)

Through a land of hardship and distress,(H)
    of lions(I) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,(J)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’(K) backs,
    their treasures(L) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

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