Isa 31 | NASB2020 | STEP | Woe to those who 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 do not look to the Holy One of Israel , nor seek the Lord !

Isaiah 31

Help Not in Egypt but in God

1 Woe to those who go down to ^aEgypt for help
And ^brely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not ^clook to the ^dHoly One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
2 Yet He also is ^ewise and will ^fbring disaster,
And does ^gnot retract His words,
But will arise against the house of ^hevildoers,
And against the help of the ⁱworkers of injustice.
3 Now the Egyptians are ^jhuman and not God,
And their ^khorses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will ^lstretch out His hand,
And any ^mhelper will stumble,
And one who is helped will fall.
And all of them will come to an end together.

4 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“As the ⁿlion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the Lord of armies come down to wage ^owar on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like ^{▼▼Or hovering}flying ^qbirds so the Lord of armies will protect Jerusalem.
He will ^rprotect and save it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
6 ^sReturn to Him against whom ^{▼▼Lit they}you have been ^uprofoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel. 7 For on that day every person will ^vreject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as ^wa sin.

8 And the ^xAssyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man,
And a ^ysword not of man will devour him.
So he will ^{▼▼Lit flee
,} ^aanot escape the sword,
And his young men will become ^abforced laborers.
9 “His ^acrock will pass away because of panic,
And his officers will be terrified by the ^adflag,”
Declares the Lord, whose ^aefire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.