Isaiah 30:3-7

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But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.^(A)

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For though his^(a) princes are at Zoan^(B)
and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

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everyone will be ashamed
because of a people who can’t help.
They are of no benefit, they are no help;
they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.^(C)

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Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,^(E)
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.

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Egypt’s help is completely worthless;
therefore, I call her:
Rahab Who Just Sits.^(F)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 30:4: Or Judah’s

b. Isaiah 30:6: Or Southland

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 30:3: Isaiah 20:5-6; Isaiah 36:6; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 42:22

B. Isaiah 30:4: Isaiah 19:11

C. Isaiah 30:5: Jeremiah 2:36

D. Isaiah 30:6: Isaiah 13:1

E. Isaiah 30:6: Deuteronomy 8:15

F. Isaiah 30:7: Psalm 87:4; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 51:9; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 29:7