Isaiah 31
31
The Lord, the Only Help
1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help # Is 30:2,7; 36:6
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen. # Dt 17:16; Ps 20:7; 33:17; Is 2:7; 30:16; 36:9
They do not look # Is 9:13; 17:7-8; Dn 9:13; Am 5:4-8 to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord’s help.
2But He also is wise and brings disaster. # Is 45:7
He does not go back on what He says; # Nm 23:19; Is 22:14; Jr 44:29
He will rise up against the house of wicked men
and against the allies of evildoers.
3Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
4For this is what the Lord said to me:
As a lion or young lion growls over its prey # Nm 24:9; Hs 11:10; Am 3:8
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill. # Is 42:13; Zch 12:8
5Like hovering birds,
so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem # Dt 32:11; Ps 91:4 —
by protecting it, He will rescue it,
by sparing it, He will deliver it.
6Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against. # Is 1:5; 59:13 7For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made. # Is 2:20; 30:22
8Then Assyria will fall,
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man. # Is 37:7,36-38
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor. # Gn 49:15; Is 14:2
9His rock # Perhaps the Assyrian king will pass away because of fear, # Dt 32:31,37
and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag. # Is 5:26; 13:2; Jr 4:6,21; 51:12,27
This is the Lord’s declaration — whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem. # Lv 10:2; Is 10:17; 30:33
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Isaiah 31
31
Look Not to Egypt but to God
1Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help,
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!
2Yet He is also wise and will bring disaster,
And does not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers
And against the helpers of those who do evil.
3Now the Egyptians are men and not God,
And their horses are flesh and not spirit;
And the Lord will stretch out His hand,
And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble,
And he (Judah) who is helped will fall,
And all of them will perish together.
4For so the Lord says to me,
“As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey,
And though a large group of shepherds is called out against him
He will not be terrified at their voice nor cringe at their noise,
So the Lord of hosts will come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5Like flying birds, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem;
He will protect and save it,
He will pass over and rescue it.
6Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel. 7For in that day every man will reject and throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold [in disgust], which your own hands have sinfully made for you.
8Then the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of man will devour him.
And he will flee from the sword [of God],
And his young men will become forced labor.
9“His rock [his stronghold] will pass away because of panic,
And his princes will be terrified at the [sight of the battle] standard,”
Declares the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
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