Isaiah 30:1-5 - Warning Against Alliance With Egypt

¹ "Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin. ² They set out to go down to Egypt, without asking my advice; taking refuge in Pharaoh's protection, and seeking shelter in Egypt's shadow. ³ But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and sheltering in Egypt's shadow your longing. ⁴ And it will turn out that his officials are at Zoan, and his envoys will reach Hanes. ⁵ There is only loathsome destruction through a people that cannot benefit them, who bring neither help nor profit, but only shame and disgrace."