1. The Lord has spoken: “Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
2. They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt to protect them, so they put their trust in Egypt's king.
3. But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster.
4. Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,