Isaiah 31
31
Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt
1Woe#31:1 Or Ah, to #ch. 30:2; 36:6 those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who #Ps. 20:7; [ch. 30:16; 36:9] trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but #[ch. 22:11]do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!
2And #[Ps. 94:8-10] yet he is wise and brings disaster;
# [Num. 23:19] he does not call back his words,
but #[ch. 22:14] will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of #Ps. 94:4those who work iniquity.
3The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses #Jer. 17:5are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.
4For thus the Lord said to me,
#
Hos. 11:10; Amos 1:2; 3:8 “As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
# [ch. 42:13] so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight#31:4 The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike on Mount Zion and on its hill.
5 #
Deut. 32:11; [Ps. 91:4] Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts
will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will spare and rescue it.”
6 # [ch. 30:15] Turn to him from whom people#31:6 Hebrew they have #ch. 1:5deeply revolted, O children of Israel. 7For in that day #ch. 2:20; 30:22everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
8 # ch. 37:36 “And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;
and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be #[Gen. 49:15; Prov. 12:24]put to forced labor.
9 #
Deut. 32:31; See ch. 30:29 His rock shall pass away in terror,
and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the Lord, whose #ch. 30:33 fire is in Zion,
and whose #Ps. 21:9; Mal. 4:1furnace is in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 31
31
XXXI
1Wo unto them that go down to Egypt for help,
And fix their stay on horses;
And rely on chariots, because they are many;
And on horsemen, because they are very strong;
But look not unto the Holy One of Israel,
And resort not to Jehovah.
2Yet He also is wise, and will bring evil;
And He will not set aside his word:
But will arise against the house of evil-doers;
And against the help of them that work iniquity.
3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit:
And Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand;
And the helper shall stumble, and the holpen shall fall down;
And they all shall fail together.
4For thus hath Jehovah said unto me:
Like as a lion growleth,
Even the young lion, over his prey:
When a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him,
He will not be terrified at their voice,
Nor will he be humbled at their tumult:
So shall Jehovah of hosts descend to fight
For mount Zion; and for the hill thereof.
5As birds hover over their young,
So shall Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem;
Protecting and delivering, sparing and rescuing her.
6Return unto him, from whom ye have deeply revolted,
O ye sons of Israel!
7Surely, in that day shall they cast away with contempt,
Every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold;
Which your own hands have made unto you for sin.
8And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man;
Yea a sword not of mortal shall devour him:
And he shall flee from the face of the sword,
And his choice youths shall become tributaries.
9And for terror he shall pass by his strong hold,
And his princes shall be dismayed at the standard:
Saith Jehovah, who hath his fire in Zion,
And his furnace at Jerusalem.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.