Isaiah 30:1-10

International Standard Version

30 “Oh, you stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
“who carry out plans—
    but they are not mine,
and who make alliances—
    but not by my Spirit,
        piling sin upon sin.
² They set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking my advice;
taking refuge in Pharaoh’s protection,
    and seeking shelter in Egypt’s shadow.
³ But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,
    and sheltering in Egypt’s shadow your longing.^[a]
4 And it will turn out that^[b] his officials are at Zoan,
    and his envoys will reach Hanes.
⁵ There is only loathsome destruction^[c]
    through a people that cannot benefit them,
who bring neither help nor profit,
    but only shame and disgrace.”

⁶ An oracle about the animals of the Negev:^[d]

⁸ “Go now, and write it down^[i] on a tablet in their presence,
    inscribing it in a book,
so that for times to come
    it may be an everlasting witness.
⁹ For they are a rebellious people,
    deceitful children,
children unwilling to hear
    the Lord’s instruction.
¹⁰ They say to the seers,
    ‘Don’t see visions,’
and to the prophets,
    ‘Don’t give us visions of what is right!
        Instead, tell us welcome things, prophesy illusions,