Isaiah 30:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵ But they will be disappointed. They are depending on a nation that cannot help them. Egypt is useless—it will not help. Egypt will bring nothing but shame and embarrassment.”

God’s Message to Judah

⁶ This is a message^[a] about the Negev animals^[b]:

There is a dangerous place full of lions, adders,^[c] deadly snakes,^[d] and useless people. And there are people who load their wealth onto donkeys and their treasures on the backs of camels. They carry them to a people who cannot help. ⁷ That useless nation is Egypt. Egypt’s help is worth nothing, so I call Egypt the “Do-Nothing Dragon.”^[e]