Isaiah 30:1-7

New King James Version

Futile Confidence in Egypt

30 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
^(A)“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who ^[a]devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
^(B)That they may add sin to sin;
²^(C)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And ^(D)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
³^(E)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
⁴For his princes were at ^(F)Zoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
⁵^(G)They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”

⁶^(H)The ^[b]burden against the beasts of the South.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
^(I)The viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;
⁷^(J)For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
^[c]Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.