1. "Woe to the rebellious children," declares the Lord, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin;
2. Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3. "Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
4. "For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
5. "Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach."