Verse 3
Isaiah 30:3
Free Bible Version
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But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring you humiliation.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֥ה לָ/כֶ֛ם מָע֥וֹז פַּרְעֹ֖ה לְ/בֹ֑שֶׁת וְ/הֶ/חָס֥וּת בְּ/צֵל מִצְרַ֖יִם לִ/כְלִמָּֽה
English Translation
And it shall be to you a refuge from the heat and a protection in the shadow of Egypt for shame.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 30 Context
1
Tragedy is coming to my defiant children, declares the Lord. You make plans that don't come from me;...
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2
You go to Egypt without asking me, looking to Pharaoh for protection, hoping to find safety hiding b...
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3
But the protection of Pharaoh will be an embarrassment to you; hiding behind Egypt will only bring y...
4
Even though he has officials at Zoan and his messengers reach Hanes,
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5
the Egyptians will offend everyone because they are useless—they're no help and good for nothing, ex...
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6
A message about the animals of the Negev. The messengers travel through a harsh and hostile land whe...
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7
Egypt's support is an empty breath of wind. That's why I call her Pride Sitting Down.
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8
For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, who refuse to listen to the Lord's instruction...
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9
They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophec...
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10
Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy On...
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11
So this is how the Holy One of Israel replies, Since you have rejected this message, and since you t...
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12
your punishment will suddenly fall on you, like a high wall that bulges out and collapses in an inst...
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13
You will be smashed like a clay pot, broken into such tiny pieces that there won't be a big enough p...
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14
This is what the Lord God (Elohim), the Holy One of Israel, said, If you repent and patiently trust...
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15
You replied, “No! We'll escape on horseback! We'll get away on fast horses!” But the fast ones will...
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16
Just one of them will chase after a thousand of you. Just five of them will make you all run away. A...
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17
So the Lord waits, wanting to be kind to you, ready to act to show you mercy, for the Lord is a God...
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18
People of Zion, you who live in Jerusalem, you won't have to weep any more. When you cry for help he...
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19
Even though the Lord will give you the bread of hardship to eat and the water of suffering to drink,...
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20
When you walk to the right or to the left, you will hear this command coming from behind you: “This...
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21
You will defile your silver-coated idols coated with silver and your gold-covered images. You will t...
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22
He will send rain when you sow, and the land will produce great harvests. At that time your cattle w...
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23
The oxen and donkeys that help cultivate the earth will eat good greens and grain, spread with fork...
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24
At that time when your enemies are killed and the fortresses fall, streams of water will flow down e...
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25
The moon will shine as bright as the sun, and the sun will shine seven times brighter, like having s...
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26
Look how the Lord arrives from far away, burning with anger and accompanied by thick clouds of smoke...
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27
His breath rushes out like a flood that comes up to the neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that...
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28
But you will have a song to sing like you do on the night of a holy festival. You will celebrate in...
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29
The Lord will shout so everyone hears him he will reveal his great power. He will hit out in his ang...
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30
At the Lord's command the Assyrians will be shattered, knocked down by his scepter.
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31
Every time the Lord hits them with his rod of punishment it will be accompanied by the music of tamb...
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32
The place of burning has been prepared a long time ago, ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep...
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