¹⁹ Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

²⁰ Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but didn't strengthen him.

²¹ For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't help him.

¹⁴ "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵ My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

¹⁶ Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself:

¹⁷ In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

¹⁸ The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

²⁰ They were distressed because they were confident; They came there, and were confounded.

¹ Woe to the rebellious children, says Yahweh, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

² that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!

³ Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

⁶ Behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

⁶ All the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷ When they took hold of you by your hand, you did break, and did tear all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and mad all their loins to be at a stand.

¹⁶ At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.