2. 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!
3. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4. For his princes are at Zoan, and his ambassadors are come to Hanes.
5. They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6. The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7. For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.