Isaiah 30:1-9

1“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;

2Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

3Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.

4For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to Hanes.

5They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach.”

6The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, 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;

7For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.

8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:

9That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;