⁷ For Egypt’s help is vain and futile;
    therefore I have called her
    “Rahab^[a] the Worthless.”
^{8     [b]}And so go forth and in their presence
    write it on a scroll,
    inscribe it on a tablet,
so that it may serve hereafter
    as an eternal witness.
⁹ They are a rebellious people,
    deceitful children,
children who refuse to listen
    to the instruction of the Lord.