"Therefore the safetyof Pharaohwill be your shameAnd the shelterin the shadowof Egypt,your humiliation.
"Nowbehold,you relyon the staffof thiscrushedreed,[even] on Egypt;on whichif a manleans,it will gointo his handand pierceit. Sois Pharaohkingof Egyptto allwho relyon him.
Oh giveus helpagainstthe adversary,For deliveranceby manis in vain.
[Like] a badtoothand an unsteadyfootIs confidencein a faithlessman in timeof trouble.
"Then they will be dismayedand ashamedbecauseof Cushtheir hopeand Egypttheir boast.
"So the inhabitantsof thiscoastlandwill sayin that day,'Behold,suchis our hope,wherewe fledfor helpto be deliveredfrom the kingof Assyria;and we, howshall we escape?'"
"Behold,you relyon the staffof thiscrushedreed,[even] on Egypt,on whichif a manleans,it will gointo his handand pierceit. Sois Pharaohkingof Egyptto allwho relyon him.
"Whydo you goaround somuchChangingyour way?Also,you will be putto shameby EgyptAs you were putto shameby Assyria.
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"As My angerand wrathhave been pouredout on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,soMy wrathwill be pouredout on you when you enterEgypt.And you will becomea curse,an objectof horror,an imprecationand a reproach;and you will seethisplacenomore."
Therefore you should nowclearlyunderstandthat you will dieby the sword,by famineand by pestilence,in the placewhereyou wishto goto reside.
The LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,says,"Behold,I am going to punishAmonof Thebes,and Pharaoh,and Egyptalong with her godsand her kings,even Pharaohand those who trustin him.
"When they tookholdof you with the hand,You brokeand torealltheir hands;And when they leanedon you, You brokeand made alltheir loinsquake."
The thing itselfwill be carriedto AssyriaAs tributeto KingJareb;Ephraimwill be seizedwith shameAnd Israelwill be ashamedof its own counsel.
For the Scripturesays,"WHOEVERBELIEVESIN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
and hopedoes not disappoint,becausethe loveof Godhas been pouredout withinour heartsthroughthe HolySpiritwho was givento us.
