everyone comes to shame
    through (A)a people that cannot profit them,
that brings neither help nor profit,
    but shame and disgrace.”

An (B)oracle on (C)the beasts of (D)the Negeb.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
    from where come the lioness and the lion,
    the adder and the (E)flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
    and their treasures on the humps of camels,
    to a people that cannot profit them.
Egypt's (F)help is worthless and empty;
    therefore I have called her
    (G)“Rahab who sits still.”

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