Isa. 31
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Woe to those who go down to
aEgypt for help;
They rely on horses
And trust in
bchariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong;
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
Nor
cseek Jehovah!
Isa. 31
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But He also is wise and will bring ill
upon them;
And He does not turn back His words,
But will rise up against the house of evildoers
And against the help of the workers of iniquity.
Isa. 31
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The Egyptians are
mere men and not God,
And their horses are
mere flesh and not spirit;
Thus Jehovah will stretch out His hand,
And he who helps will stumble and he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will be consumed together.
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For Jehovah has spoken thus to me,
As the lion or the lion cub
aRoars over its prey
And because of it a crowd of shepherds
Is called out,
But it is not frightened by their voice,
Nor overcome by their noise;
So Jehovah of hosts will descend
To
bwage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.
Isa. 31
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Like flying birds
So Jehovah of hosts will
aprotect Jerusalem;
He will protect and deliver
it;
He will pass over and rescue
it.
Isa. 31
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Return to Him from whom
men have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Isa. 31
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For in that day each man will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you as a sin.
Isa. 31
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And the
aAssyrian will fall by the sword not of a man,
And the sword not of man will devour him.
Thus he will flee from a sword,
And his young men will be forced into labor.
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And his rock will pass away in terror,
And his princes will be dismayed by the standard,
Declares Jehovah, whose
afire is in Zion
And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
