Isaiah 30:1-5 - Warning Against Alliance With Egypt
1 Woe to the sons that leave, saith the LORD, to make counsel, but not of me; to cover themselves with a covering, and not by my spirit, adding sin unto sin! 2 They leave to descend into Egypt and have not asked for a word from my mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh and to place their hope in the shadow of Egypt. 3 But the strength of Pharaoh shall become your shame, and the hope in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 When his princes shall be in Zoan, and his ambassadors have come to Hanes, 5 all shall be ashamed of the people that shall not profit them, nor be a help, nor bring them increase, but a shame, and also a reproach.