(KJV) Isaiah 311

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⥃Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt

[1] Woe to them2 that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses3, 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, neither4 seek the Lord! [2] Yet he also5 [is] wise, and will bring6 evil, and will not7 call back8 his words: but will arise9 against the house of the evildoers, and against the help10 of them that work iniquity. [3] Now the Egyptians11 [are] men, and not God; and their horses12 flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch13 out his hand, both14 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 as15 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 noise16 of them: so shall17 the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. [5] As birds18 flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending19 also he will deliver [it]; [and] passing20 over he will preserve [it].

[6] Turn21 ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply22 revolted. [7] For in that23 day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold24, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin25.

[8] [¶]Then shall the26 Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee27 from the sword28, and his young men shall be discomfited29. [9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear30, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire31 [is] in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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  1. Isa 31:1, The prophet shews the folly and danger of trusting to Egypt, and forsaking God; Isa 31:6, He exhorts to conversion; Isa 31:8, He shews the fall of Assyria. ↩

  2. Isa 30:1-7, Isa 36:6, Isa 57:9; Ezek 17:15; Hos 11:5 ↩

  3. Isa 30:16, Isa 36:9; Deut 17:16; Ps 20:7, Ps 33:16-17, the look, Isa 5:12, Isa 17:7-8, Isa 22:11; 2Chr 16:7; Jer 2:13, Jer 17:5; Hos 14:3 ↩

  4. Isa 9:13, Isa 64:7; Dan 9:13; Hos 7:7, Hos 7:13-16; Amos 5:4-8 ↩

  5. 1Sam 2:3; Job 5:13; Jer 10:7, Jer 10:12; 1Cor 1:21-29; Jude 1:25 ↩

  6. Isa 30:13-14, Isa 45:7; Josh 23:15; Amos 3:6 ↩

  7. Num 23:19; Jer 36:32, Jer 44:29; Zech 1:6; Matt 24:35 ↩

  8. Heb. remove ↩

  9. Isa 28:21, Isa 63:4-5; Num 10:35; Ps 12:5-6, Ps 68:1-2, Ps 78:65-66; Zeph 3:8 ↩

  10. Isa 31:3, Isa 20:4-6, Isa 30:3; Jer 44:29-30; Ezek 29:6 ↩

  11. Isa 36:6; Deut 32:30-31; Ps 9:20, Ps 146:3-5; Ezek 28:9; Acts 12:22-23; 2Thess 2:4-8 ↩

  12. Ps 33:17 ↩

  13. Isa 9:17; Jer 15:6; Ezek 20:33-34 ↩

  14. Jer 37:7-10 ↩

  15. Num 24:8-9; Jer 50:44; Hos 11:10; Amos 3:8; Rev 5:5 ↩

  16. or, multitude ↩

  17. Isa 10:16, Isa 12:6, Isa 37:35-36, Isa 42:13; 2Chr 20:15; Ps 125:1-2; Zech 2:5; Zech 9:8, Zech 9:15, Zech 12:8, Zech 14:3 ↩

  18. Isa 10:14; Exod 19:4; Deut 32:11; Ps 46:5, Ps 91:4 ↩

  19. Ps 37:40 ↩

  20. Or rather, as Bp. Lowth renders, "leaping forward," pasoacḣ As the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield, Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing forward and rescuing her. Exod 12:27 ↩

  21. Isa 55:7; Jer 3:10, Jer 3:14, Jer 3:22, Jer 31:18-20; Hos 14:1-3; Joel 2:12-13; Acts 3:19; Acts 26:20 ↩

  22. Isa 1:4, Isa 29:15, Isa 48:8; 2Chr 33:9-16, 2Chr 36:14; Jer 5:23; Hos 9:9 ↩

  23. Isa 2:20, Isa 30:22; Deut 7:25; Ezek 36:25; Hos 14:8 ↩

  24. Heb. the idols of his gold ↩

  25. 1Kgs 12:28-30; Hos 8:11 ↩

  26. Isa 10:16-19, Isa 10:33-34, Isa 14:25, Isa 29:5, Isa 30:27-33, Isa 37:35; 2Kgs 19:34-37; 2Chr 32:21; Hos 1:7 ↩

  27. Isa 37:37-38 ↩

  28. or, for fear of the sword ↩

  29. or, tributary. Heb. for melting, or tribute. ↩

  30. Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear. or, his strength. the ensign. Isa 11:10, Isa 18:3 ↩

  31. Isa 4:4, Isa 29:6; Lev 6:13; Ezek 22:18-22; Zech 2:5; Mal 4:1 ↩