Isa 30:1-3, 16, 31:1-3, Hos 5:13 | ESV | STEP | Ah , stubborn children , declares the Lord , who carry out a plan , but not mine , and who make an alliance , but not of my Spirit , that they may add sin to sin ;

Isaiah 30:1-3

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

1 “Ah, ^astubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^b“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^can alliance, ^{▼▼Hebrew who weave a web} but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 ^ewho set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 ^fTherefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

Isaiah 30:16

16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon ^ghorses”;
therefore you shall flee away;
and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”;
therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ^hthose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ⁱtrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^jdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And ^kyet he is wise and brings disaster;
^lhe does not call back his words,
but ^mwill arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of ⁿthose who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^oare flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

Hosea 5:13

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah ^phis wound,
then Ephraim went ^qto Assyria,
and sent to the great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
^sBut he is not able to cure you
or heal ^tyour wound.