Isaiah 30 rebukes Judah for seeking an alliance with Egypt which God says will be futile. The result will be that "everyone will be put to shame... because Egypt is an unprofitable nation... which is utterly useless". Isaiah goes on to say that the people are rebellious "unwilling to listen to the Lord's instruction... and their rejection of God's message is like a high wall which is cracked and bulging". So God points to the solution which is "repentance and rest in salvation... because in quietness and trust is your strength". For "the Lord longs to be gracious... when you cry for help... and throw away your images like a menstrual cloth... then your cattle will graze in broad meadows... and the Lord will bind up the bruises of his people". The chapter concludes prophesying that "the Lord will shatter Assyria... with his sceptre he will strike them down... with raging anger and consuming fire".
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