30 There is no wisdom, nor any discernment, nor any counsel in opposition to Jehovah.+

4 ‘This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said: “Here I am turning in reverse the weapons of war that are in the hand of YOU people, with which YOU are fighting the king of Babylon,+ and the Chal·deʹans+ who are laying siege against YOU outside the wall, and I will gather them into the middle of this city.+

5 [concerning] those who are coming to fight against the Chal·deʹans and to fill places with the carcasses of the men* whom I have struck down in my anger and in my rage,+ and on account of all whose badness I have concealed my face from this city,+

15 But he finally rebelled+ against him in sending his messengers to Egypt, [for it] to give him horses+ and a multitudinous people. Will he have success? Will he escape, he who is doing these things, and who has broken a covenant? And will he actually escape?’+