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Don't Expect Help from Egypt

30 This is the Lord's message for his rebellious people:

“You follow your own plans
    instead of mine;
you make treaties
without asking me,
    and you keep on sinning.
You trust Egypt for protection.
    So you refuse my advice
and send messengers to Egypt
    to beg their king for help.

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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)

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