Isaiah 31
1. Woe to them that go down * to Egypt for help; and stay * on horses, and trust * in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong * ; but they look * not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek * the LORD !
2. Yet he also is wise, and will bring * evil, and will not call back * his words: but will arise * against the house of the evildoers * , and against the help of them that work * iniquity.
3. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out * his hand, both he that helpeth * shall fall * , and he that is holpen * shall fall down * , and they all shall fail * together.
4. For thus hath the LORD spoken * unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring * on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds * is called forth * against him, he will not be afraid * of their voice, nor abase * himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down * to fight * for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5. As birds flying * , so will the LORD of hosts defend * Jerusalem;defending * also he will deliver * it; and passing over * he will preserve * it.
6. Turn * ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply * revolted.
7. For in that day every man shall cast away * his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made * unto you for a sin.
8. Then shall the Assyrian fall * with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword,not of a mean man, shall devour * him: but he shall flee * from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9. And he shall pass over * to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid * of the ensign, saith * the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
