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36 You try to get help from other nations.
    You run here and there to make new friends.
You hoped for help from Assyria,
    but no help came.
And you will get no help from Egypt either.
37 You will come away from Egypt with your hands on your heads.
    You will be ashamed and upset.
The Lord has turned away from those nations.
    You have trusted them to help you,
    But you will not receive any help from them.’

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36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing(A) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(B)
    as you were by Assyria.
37 You will also leave that place
    with your hands on your head,(C)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
    you will not be helped(D) by them.

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