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Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my counsel; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
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Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your humiliation.
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For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
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They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor a profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
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The burden concerning the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
