Isaiah 30:1
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Isaiah 30:1
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"Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
Isaiah 30:2
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Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:3
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"Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
Isaiah 30:5
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"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."
Isaiah 30:6
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The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, From where {come} lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels' humps, To a people who cannot profit {them;}
Isaiah 30:7
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Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her "Rahab who has been exterminated."
Isaiah 30:8
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Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.
Isaiah 30:9
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For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;
Isaiah 30:10
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Who 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 pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.
Isaiah 30:11
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"Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."
Isaiah 30:12
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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,
Isaiah 30:13
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Therefore 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,
Isaiah 30:14
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Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern."
Isaiah 30:15
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For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, "In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength." But you were not willing,
Isaiah 30:16
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And 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.
Isaiah 30:17
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One thousand {will flee} at the threat of one {man;} You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill.
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