Isaiah 31

Isaiah 31, verse 1. ¹Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not trust in the Holy One of Israel, nor seek God! Isaiah 31, verse 2. ²So He wisely brings evils upon them, and His word cannot be set aside, for He will rise up against the houses of evil men and against their vain hope. Isaiah 31, verse 3. ³Now an Egyptian is a man, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not a help. The Lord shall bring His hand against them, and those who help them shall become weary. All will perish together. Isaiah 31, verse 4. ⁴For thus the Lord said to me: “As a lion roars, and a young lion over his prey, which he took and cries out upon it until the mountains are filled with his sound, and the animals are awestruck and terrified at the fierceness of his anger, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion, even upon her mountains. Isaiah 31, verse 5. ⁵Like birds flying about, so will the Lord defend Jerusalem. He will deliver, preserve, and save it.” Isaiah 31, verse 6. ⁶Return, you who planned a deep and lawless counsel. Isaiah 31, verse 7. ⁷For in that day, men shall renounce their idols of silver and gold, which their hands made. Isaiah 31, verse 8. ⁸Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man, and a sword not of man shall devour him. He shall not flee from the sword, but his young men shall be overthrown. Isaiah 31, verse 9. ⁹For they shall be surrounded by a rock as by a barricade, and he who flees shall be caught.