Job 6:20, Isa 28:17, 30:1-7, 15-16, 31:1-3 | ESV | STEP | They are ashamed because they were confident ; they come there and are disappointed .

Job 6:20

20 They are ^aashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are ^bdisappointed.

Isaiah 28:17

17 And I will make justice ^cthe line,
and righteousness ^dthe plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Isaiah 30:1-7

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

1 “Ah, ^estubborn children,” declares the Lord,
^f“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make ^gan alliance, ^{▼▼Hebrew who weave a web} but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
2 ⁱwho 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 ^jTherefore 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 ^kZoan
and ^lhis envoys reach ^mHanes,
5 everyone comes to shame
through ⁿa people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
but shame and disgrace.”
6 An ^ooracle on ^pthe beasts of ^qthe Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the ^rflying 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.
7 Egypt’s ^shelp is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
^t“Rahab who sits still.”

Isaiah 30:15-16

15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
“In ^ureturning ^{▼▼Or repentance} and ^wrest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling, 16 and you said,
“No! We will flee upon ^xhorses”;
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 ^ythose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^ztrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^aado not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2 And ^abyet he is wise and brings disaster;
^ache does not call back his words,
but ^adwill arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of ^aethose who work iniquity.
3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^afare 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.