1Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
2Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.
3And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.
4For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.
5For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
6The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.
7For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.
