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The Animals of the Negev

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:[a]

“Through a land of trouble, dryness,[b] and distress,
    of lionesses and roaring lions,
        where there is no water,[c]
a land of vipers and darting snakes,
    he carries[d] their riches on donkeys’ backs,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
    to a nation that cannot benefit them,
to Egypt, which gives help that is worthless and useless.
    Therefore I call her,
        ‘Rahab,[e] who just sits still.’”

The Illusions of False Prophecy

“Go now, and write it down[f] on a tablet in their presence,
    inscribing it in a book,
so that for times to come
    it may be an everlasting witness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:6 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
  2. Isaiah 30:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack dryness; cf. Isa 41:18
  3. Isaiah 30:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from whence come
  4. Isaiah 30:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read they carry
  5. Isaiah 30:7 The Heb. word Rahab means The One who Storms; i.e. Egypt; cf. Isa 51:9; Ps 87:4
  6. Isaiah 30:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read write down