Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Isaiah, Chapter 30, verses 1-17

¹ “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And^a Lit pour out a drink offeringmake an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin; ² Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting^b 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.”	1 Isa 1:2 Isa 1:23 Isa 30:9 Isa 65:2 Isa 29:15 Isa 8:11 Isa 8:12 2 Isa 31:1 Jer 43:7 Isa 8:19 Isa 36:9 3 Isa 20:5 Isa 20:6 Isa 36:6 Jer 42:18 Jer 42:22 4 Isa 19:11 5 Jer 2:36 Isa 10:3 Isa 30:7 Isa 31:3
⁶ The^c Or burden oforacle concerning the beasts of the Negev.Through a land of distress and anguish, From^d Lit themwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the^e Lit shouldersbacks of young donkeys And their treasures on camels’ humps, To a people who cannot profit them; ⁷Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called^f Lit this oneher “^gRahab who has been exterminated.” ⁸Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may^h Lit beserve in the time to come ⁱ So the versions; Heb Forever and everAs a witness forever. ⁹For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who^j Lit are not willingrefuse to listen To the^k Or lawinstruction of the LORD; ¹⁰Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right, Speak to us^l Lit smooth thingspleasant words, Prophesy illusions. ¹¹“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, ^mLet us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”	6 Isa 46:1 Isa 46:2 Gen 12:9 Exo 5:10 Exo 5:21 Deu 4:20 Deu 8:15 Isa 5:30 Isa 8:22 Jer 11:4 Deu 8:15 Isa 14:29 Isa 15:7 Isa 46:1 Isa 46:2 Ki1 10:2 7 Isa 30:5 Job 9:13 Psa 87:4 Psa 89:10 Isa 51:9 8 Isa 8:1 9 Isa 30:1 Isa 28:15 Isa 59:3 Isa 59:4 Isa 1:10 Isa 5:24 Isa 24:5 10 Isa 29:10 Isa 5:20 Jer 11:21 Amo 2:12 Amo 7:13 Ki1 22:8 Ki1 22:13 Jer 6:14 Jer 23:17 Jer 23:26 Eze 13:7 Rom 16:18 Ti2 4:3 Ti2 4:4 11 Act 13:8 Job 21:14
¹² Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,“Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, ¹³Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant, ¹⁴Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar, ⁿ Lit Crushed, it will not be sparedSo ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To^o Lit snatch uptake fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern.”	12 Isa 5:24 Isa 7:9 Isa 8:6 Isa 3:14 Isa 3:15 Isa 5:7 Isa 59:13 13 Isa 26:21 Ki1 20:30 Psa 62:4 Isa 58:12 Isa 29:5 Isa 47:11 14 Psa 2:9 Jer 19:10 Jer 19:11
¹⁵ For thus the Lord^p Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said,“In^q Lit returningrepentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing, ¹⁶And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses,” Therefore you shall flee! “And we will ride on swift horses,” Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift. ¹⁷One thousand will flee at the threat of one man; You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a^r Lit poleflag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill.	15 Psa 116:7 Isa 28:12 Isa 7:4 Isa 32:17 16 Isa 2:7 Isa 31:1 Isa 31:3 17 Lev 26:36 Deu 28:25 Deu 32:30 Jos 23:10 Pro 28:1


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