Isaiah 30

¹Woe [to] apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.

²Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

³And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,

⁴For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes.

⁵All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach!

⁶The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence [are] viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable.

⁷Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength [is] to sit still.'

⁸No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

⁹That a rebellious people [is] this, sons — liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

¹⁰Who have said to seers, 'Ye do not see,' And to prophets, 'Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

¹¹Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'