World English Bible
Isaiah 30:3
“Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 30
1
Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
2
who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4
For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors have come to Hanes.
5
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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