Isaiah 30:1-7 ▼

1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, That take counsel, but not of Me; And that form projects, but not of My spirit, That they may add sin to sin;

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, And have not asked at My mouth; To take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, And to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

3 Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame, And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.

4 For his princes are at Zoan, And his ambassadors are come to Hanes.

5 They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, That are not a help nor profit, But a shame, and also a reproach.

6 The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, From whence come the lioness and the lion, The viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, And their treasures upon the humps of camels, To a people that shall not profit them.

7 For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose; Therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.