Isaiah 30:1-5

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Do Not Go Down to Egypt

30 “Ah, ^(A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^(C)an alliance,^[a] but not of my Spirit,
    that they may add sin to sin;
²^(D)who set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
³^(E)Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
    and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.
⁴For though his officials are at ^(F)Zoan
    and ^(G)his envoys reach ^(H)Hanes,
⁵everyone comes to shame
    through ^(I)a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
    but shame and disgrace.”

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Isaiah 30:1 Hebrew who weave a web

Isaiah 30:15-18

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¹⁵For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In ^(A)returning^[a] and ^(B)rest you shall be saved;
    in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling, ¹⁶and you said,
“No! We will flee upon ^(C)horses”;
    therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
    therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
¹⁷^(D)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
    at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
    like a signal on a hill.

The Lord Will Be Gracious

¹⁸Therefore the Lord ^(E)waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he ^(F)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(G)blessed are all those who wait for him.