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Oh, rebellious children, says the
who carry out a plan, but not mine;
who make an alliance, but against my will,
adding sin to sin;
2
who set out to go down to Egypt
without asking for my counsel,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh,
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt;
3
Therefore the protection of Pharaoh shall become your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation.
4
For though his officials are at Zoan
and his envoys reach Hanes,
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everyone comes to shame
through a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.
6
An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and roaring 1 lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
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For Egypt's help is worthless and empty,
therefore I have called her,
"Rahab who sits still." 2