Isa 31 | NASB1995 | STEP | Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And 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 the Lord !

‏ Isaiah 31

Help Not in Egypt but in God

1 Woe to those who go down to ^aEgypt for help
And ^brely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not ^clook to the ^dHoly One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
2 Yet He also is ^ewise and will ^fbring disaster
And does ^gnot retract His words,
But will arise against the house of ^hevildoers
And against the help of the ⁱworkers of iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are ^jmen and not God,
And their ^khorses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will ^lstretch out His hand,
And ^mhe who helps will stumble
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.

4 For thus says the Lord to me, “As the ⁿlion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of hosts come down to wage ^owar on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like ^{▼▼ Or hovering}flying ^qbirds so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem.
He will ^rprotect and deliver it;
He will pass over and rescue it.

6 ^sReturn to Him from whom ^{▼▼ Lit they}you have ^udeeply defected, O sons of Israel. 7 For in that day every man will ^vcast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your ^wsinful hands have made for you as ^xa sin. 8 And the ^yAssyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a ^zsword not of man will devour him.
So he will ^{▼▼ Lit flee
,} ^abnot escape the sword,
And his young men will become ^acforced laborers.
9 “His ^adrock will pass away because of panic,
And his princes will be terrified at the ^aestandard,”
Declares the Lord, whose ^affire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.