Isa 30:1-6, 31:1-3, 57:9, Jer 2:18, 36, 44:12-14, Hos 5:13, 7:11, 9:3 | 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 ;

aj[See ver. 8 above]

ak ch. 43:11

al ch. 42:17

am[ch. 22:27]

an[ver. 28]

ao[Isa. 1:5, 6]

ap ch. 7:11; 8:9; 12:1; 2 Kgs. 15:19

ar ch. 14:3

as[Isa. 1:5, 6]

at ch. 4:11

au[ch. 12:1; 2 Kgs. 17:4]

avSee ch. 5:13

aw Jer. 2:7; 16:18; See Lev. 25:23

axSee ch. 8:13

ay Ezek. 4:13; Dan. 1:8

Isaiah 30:1-6

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.
4 For though his officials are at ^gZoan
and ^hhis envoys reach ⁱHanes,
5 everyone comes to shame
through ^ja people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6 An ^koracle on ^lthe beasts of ^mthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the ⁿflying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ^othose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^ptrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^qdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And ^ryet he is wise and brings disaster;
^she does not call back his words,
but ^twill arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of ^uthose who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^vare 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.

Isaiah 57:9

9 You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
^wyou sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.

Jeremiah 2:18

18 ^xAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of ^ythe Nile?
^zOr what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of ^aathe Euphrates? ^{▼▼Hebrew the River}

Jeremiah 2:36

36 ^acHow much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be ^adput to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 44:12-14

12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have ^aeset their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. ^afIn the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine ^agthey shall be consumed. ^ahFrom the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, ^aiand they shall become an oath, a horror, ^aja curse, and a taunt. 13 ^akI will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, 14 ^also that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive ^amor return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, ^anexcept some fugitives.”

Hosea 5:13

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

Hosea 7:11

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
^atsilly and without sense,
calling to ^auEgypt, going to ^avAssyria.

Hosea 9:3

3 They shall not remain in ^awthe land of the Lord,
but ^axEphraim shall return to Egypt,
and ^aythey shall eat unclean food in Assyria.