(A)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And (B)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
(C)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
For his princes were at (D)Zoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
(E)They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”

(F)The [a]burden against the beasts of the South.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
(G)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;
(H)For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
[b]Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:6 oracle, prophecy
  2. Isaiah 30:7 Lit. Rahab Sits Idle

“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a (A)staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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(A)When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their [a]shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. hand

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