Isa 31
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Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for
they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in
the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.
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Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated;
and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,
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even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in
them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and
all shall perish together.
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For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which
he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and
the animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his anger: so the Lord
of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, even upon her mountains.
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As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and
he shall rescue, and save and deliver.
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Turn, you children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel.
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For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and their golden idols, which
their hands made.
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And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean
man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young
men shall be overthrown:
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for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and
he who flees shall be taken. Thus says the Lord, Blessed is he who has a seed in Sion,
and household friends in Jerusalem.