Isaiah 30:2 “They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek she…”

Isaiah 30:2

They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

World English Bible

who set out to go down into Egypt without asking for my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

American Standard Version

that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

Geneva Bible 1599

Which walke forth to goe downe into Egypt (and haue not asked at my mouth) to strengthen them selues with the strength of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadowe of Egypt.

Darby Translation

who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth, — to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Young's Literal Translation

Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

Bible in Basic English

Who 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.

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Cross references

“walk”

Isaiah 36:6 Deuteronomy 28:68 Jeremiah 43:7 Isaiah 31:1–3 2 Kings 17:4 Jeremiah 37:5

Isaiah 36:6 · BSB

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Deuteronomy 28:68 · BSB

The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Jeremiah 43:7 · BSB

So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.

Isaiah 31:1–3 · BSB

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

2 Kings 17:4 · BSB

But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea…

Jeremiah 37:5 · BSB

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

“and have”

Numbers 27:21 Jeremiah 42:20 Joshua 9:14 1 Kings 22:7 Jeremiah 21:2 Jeremiah 42:2

Numbers 27:21 · BSB

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

Jeremiah 42:20 · BSB

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

Joshua 9:14 · BSB

Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

1 Kings 22:7 · BSB

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”

Jeremiah 21:2 · BSB

“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw fro…

Jeremiah 42:2 · BSB

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

“the shadow”

Lamentations 4:20 Isaiah 16:3 Isaiah 18:1 Judges 9:15

Lamentations 4:20 · BSB

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

Isaiah 16:3 · BSB

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

Isaiah 18:1 · BSB

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Judges 9:15 · BSB

But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Also

Isaiah 36:9

Isaiah 36:9 · BSB

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.

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