4 For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes, 5 everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.” 6 This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
Isaiah 30:4–6
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