7 That useless nation is Egypt. Egypt’s help is worth nothing, so I call Egypt the “Do-Nothing Dragon.”
8 Now write this on a sign so that all people can see it, and write this in a book. Write these things for a future time. This will be far, far in the future:
9 These people are like children who refuse to obey. They lie and refuse to listen to the Lord’S teachings.
10 They tell the prophets, “Don’t see dreams about things we should do. Don’t tell us the truth. Say nice things to us and make us feel good. See only good things for us.
11 Stop seeing things that will really happen. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about the Holy One of Israel.”
12 The Holy One of Israel says, “You people have refused to accept this message from me. You depend on fighting and lies to help you.
13 You are guilty of these things. So you are like a tall wall with cracks in it. That wall will fall and break into small pieces.