Isa 31 | EngLXX | STEP | Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they aremany; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not soughtthe Lord.

Isaiah 31

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they aremany; and in horses,which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not soughtthe Lord. 2 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, 3 even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no helpin them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shallperish together. 4 For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey whichhe has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, andthe animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hostsshall descend to fight upon the mount Sion,even upon her mountains. 5 As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and heshall rescue, and save and deliver. 6 Turn, you⌃ children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel. 7 For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols andtheir golden idols, which their hands made. 8 And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean manshall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown: 9 for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and hethat flees shall be taken. Thus says the Lord, Blesses is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friendsin Jerusalem.