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Isaiah 30:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Pharaoh’s protection shall become your shame, refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.

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Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

Was it not you who rejected us, God? Do you no longer march with our armies?

A bad tooth or an unsteady foot— a trust betrayed in time of trouble.

They shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia, their hope, and because of Egypt, their boast.

The inhabitants of this coastland shall say on that day, “See what has happened to those we hoped in, to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! What escape is there for us now?”

Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

How frivolous you have become in changing your course! By Egypt you will be shamed, just as you were shamed by Assyria.

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my furious wrath was poured out upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my anger be poured out on you when you reach Egypt. You shall become a malediction and a horror, a curse and a reproach, and you shall never see this place again.

Have no doubt about this: you shall die by the sword, famine, and disease in the place where you want to go and live.

The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon of Thebes and Egypt, gods, kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him.

When they took hold of you, you would splinter, throwing shoulders out of joint. When they leaned on you, you would break, pitching them down headlong.

It too will be carried to Assyria, as an offering to the great king. Ephraim will be put to shame, Israel will be shamed by his schemes.

For the scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.




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