Isaiah 30:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 ¶ The [a]burden of the beasts of the South, in a land of trouble and anguish, from whence shall come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent against them that shall bear their riches upon the shoulders of the colts, and their treasures upon the bunches of the camels, to a people that cannot profit.
7 For the Egyptians are vanity, and they shall help in vain. Therefore have I cried unto [b]her, Their strength [c]is to sit still.
8 Now go, and write [d]it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the [e]last day forever and ever:
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- Isaiah 30:6 That is, a heavy sentence or prophecy against the beasts that carried their treasures into Egypt, by the wilderness, which was south from Judah, signifying that if the beasts should not be spared, the men should be punished much more grievously.
- Isaiah 30:7 To wit, to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 30:7 And not to come to and fro to seek help.
- Isaiah 30:8 That is, this prophecy.
- Isaiah 30:8 That it may be a witness against them for all posterity.
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