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"For 1their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadorsarrive at Hanes.
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"Everyone will be 2ashamedbecause of a people who cannotprofit them, Who are 3not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach."
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The oracle concerning the 4beasts of the 5Negev. Through a land of 6distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and 7flyingserpent, They 8carry their riches on the backs of youngdonkeys And their treasures on 9camels'humps, To a people who cannotprofit them;
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Even Egypt, whose 10help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her "11Rahabwho has been exterminated."
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Nowgo, 12write it on a tabletbefore them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever*.
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For this is a 13rebelliouspeople, 14falsesons, Sons who refuse* to 15listen To the instruction of the LORD;
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Whosay to the 16seers, "You must not see visions"; And to the prophets, "You must not 17prophesy to us what is right, 18Speak to us pleasantwords, Prophesyillusions.
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"Get out of the way, 19turnaside from the path, 20Let us hearno*more about the HolyOne of Israel."
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Thereforethussays the HolyOne of Israel, "21Since you have rejectedthisword And have put your trust in 22oppression and guile, and have relied on them,
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Thereforethis23iniquity will be to you Like a 24breach about to fall, A bulge in a highwall, Whosecollapsecomes25suddenly in an instant,
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Whose collapse is like the smashing of a 26potter'sjar, So ruthlessly*shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To takefire from a hearth Or to scoopwater from a cistern."