Isaiah 30:4-6

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⁴Your leaders have gone to Zoan, and your representatives have gone to Hanes.^[a] ⁵But they will be disappointed. They are depending on a nation that cannot help them. Egypt is useless—it will not help. Egypt will bring nothing but shame and embarrassment.”

God’s Message to Judah

⁶This is a message^[b] about the Negev animals^[c]:

There is a dangerous place full of lions, adders,^[d] deadly snakes,^[e] and useless people. And there are people who load their wealth onto donkeys and their treasures on the backs of camels. They carry them to a people who cannot help.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 30:4 Zoan, Hanes Cities in Egypt.
Isaiah 30:6 message Or “burden.”
Isaiah 30:6 Negev animals Or “Creatures of the South,” a phrase that can refer to Egypt.
Isaiah 30:6 adders Very poisonous snakes.
Isaiah 30:6 deadly snakes Literally, “flying snakes.”