Isaiah 30:1-13 ▼

1 Woe [to] apostate sons, || A declaration of YHWH! To do counsel, and not from Me, || And to spread out a covering, and not of My Spirit, || So as to add sin to sin.

2 Who are walking to go down to Egypt, || And have not asked My mouth, || To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, || And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

3 And the strength of Pharaoh || Has been to you for shame, || And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,

4 For his princes were in Zoan, || And his messengers reach Hanes.

5 He made all ashamed of a people that do not profit, || Not for help, and not for profit, || But for shame, and also for reproach!

6 The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, || Of young lion and of old lion, || From where [are] viper and flying, burning serpent, || They carry their wealth on the shoulder of donkeys, || And their treasures on the hump of camels, || To a people not profitable.

7 Indeed, Egyptians [are] vanity, and help in vain, || Therefore I have cried concerning this: “Their strength [is] to sit still.”

8 No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, || And inscribe it on a scroll, || And it is for a latter day, for a witness for all time,

9 That this [is] a people of rebellion, sons—liars, || Sons not willing to hear the Law of YHWH.

10 Who have said to seers, “Do not see,” || And to prophets, “Do not prophesy to us straightforward things, || Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

11 Turn aside from the way, || Decline from the path, || Cause the Holy One of Israel || To cease from before us.”

12 Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel: “Because of your kicking against this word, || And you trust in oppression, || And perverseness, and rely on it,

13 Therefore this iniquity is to you as a breach falling, || Swelled out in a wall set on high, || Whose destruction comes suddenly, in an instant.