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Woe to the rebellious children, says Yahweh, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
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that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
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Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
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For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
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They shall all be ashamed because of a people that can`t profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
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The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
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For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.