1 “Who execute a plan, but not Mine, Anda Lit pour out a drink offeringmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin; | |
2 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, | |
2 Who proceed down to Egypt Without consultingb Lit My mouthMe, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! | |
3 “Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation. | |
4 “For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. | |
5 “Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.” | |
6 Thec Or burden oforacle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, Fromd Lit themwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on thee Lit shouldersbacks of young donkeys And their treasures on camels’ humps, To a people who cannot profit them; | |
7 Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have calledf Lit this oneher “g M.T. reads They are Rahab (or arrogance), to remainRahab who has been exterminated.” | |