Isaiah 30:1-7

Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance

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“Woe to the ^(A)rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who ^(B)execute a plan, but not Mine,
And ^(a)^(C)make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;

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Who ^(D)proceed down to Egypt
Without ^(E)consulting ^(b)Me,
^(F)To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

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“Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be ^(G)your shame
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.

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“For ^(H)their princes are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.

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“Everyone will be ^(I)ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,
Who are ^(J)not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

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6} The ^(c)oracle concerning the ^(K)beasts of the ^(L)Negev.

Through a land of ^(M)distress and anguish,
From ^(d)where come lioness and lion, viper and ^(N)flying serpent,
They ^(O)carry their riches on the ^(e)backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on ^(P)camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

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Even Egypt, whose ^(Q)help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called ^(f)her
“^(g)^(R)Rahab who has been exterminated.”

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 30:1: ['Lit ', pour out a drink offering]

b. Isaiah 30:2: ['Lit ', My mouth]

c. Isaiah 30:6: ['Or ', burden of]

d. Isaiah 30:6: ['Lit ', them]

e. Isaiah 30:6: ['Lit ', shoulders]

f. Isaiah 30:7: ['Lit ', this, ' one']

g. Isaiah 30:7: ['M.T. reads ', They are Rahab, ' (or ', arrogance, '), ', to remain]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 30:1: Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 65:2

B. Isaiah 30:1: Isaiah 29:15

C. Isaiah 30:1: Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 8:12

D. Isaiah 30:2: Isaiah 31:1; Jeremiah 43:7

E. Isaiah 30:2: Isaiah 8:19

F. Isaiah 30:2: Isaiah 36:9

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

H. Isaiah 30:4: Isaiah 19:11

I. Isaiah 30:5: Jeremiah 2:36

J. Isaiah 30:5: Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 31:3

K. Isaiah 30:6: Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 46:2

L. Isaiah 30:6: Genesis 12:9

M. Isaiah 30:6: Exodus 5:10; Exodus 5:21; Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 8:15; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 8:22; Jeremiah 11:4

N. Isaiah 30:6: Deuteronomy 8:15; Isaiah 14:29

O. Isaiah 30:6: Isaiah 15:7; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 46:2

Q. Isaiah 30:7: Isaiah 30:5

R. Isaiah 30:7: Job 9:13; Psalm 87:4; Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 51:9