1 Doom to you, rebellious children, says the Lord, who make a plan, which is not mine;who weave a plot, but not by my spirit,piling up sin on sin;
2 setting out to go down to Egypt without consulting me,taking refuge in Pharaoh’s refuge and hiding in Egypt’s shadow.
3 Pharaoh’s refuge will become your shame,hiding in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.
4 Though their officials are in Zoan,and their messengers reach Hanes,
5 all will become shamed because of a people who can’t assist them.They are no help; they are no profit;rather, shame and disgrace.
6 An oracle about the beasts in the arid southern plain.Through a land of distress and danger,lioness and roaring lion, viper and flying serpent,they will carry their wealth on donkeys’ shouldersand their treasures on camels’ humps to a people who won’t profit,