1. Woe to the sons that leave, saith the Lord, to make counsel, but not of me; to cover themselves with a covering, and not by my spirit, adding sin unto sin!
2. They leave to descend into Egypt and have not asked for a word from my mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh and to place their hope in the shadow of Egypt.
3. But the strength of Pharaoh shall become your shame, and the hope in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4. When his princes shall be in Zoan, and his ambassadors have come to Hanes,