Isa 31
1
Woe to them that 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 look
not to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek YHWH!
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 evil-doers, 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: and
when YHWH shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who
is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4
For thus says YHWH to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if
a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their
voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will YHWH of hosts come down to
fight upon mount Zion, and upon its hill.
5
As birds hovering, so will YHWH of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver
[it], he will pass over and preserve [it].
6
Turn you to him from whom you have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
7
For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols
of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin.
8
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall
devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject
to taskwork.
9
And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed
at the ensign, says YHWH, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.