Isaías 31:4-9

4 Porque así me dice el SEÑOR: Tal como gruñe el león o el leoncillo sobre su presa, contra el que se reúne una multitud de pastores, y no se atemoriza de sus voces ni se acobarda por su multitud, así descenderá el SEÑOR de los ejércitos para combatir sobre el monte Sion y sobre su collado.

5 Como aves que vuelan, así protegerá el SEÑOR de los ejércitos a Jerusalén; la protegerá y la librará, la perdonará y la rescatará.

6 Volved a aquel de quien tan profundamente os habéis apartado, oh hijos de Israel.

7 Porque en aquel día cada uno repudiará sus ídolos de plata y sus ídolos de oro, que os han hecho vuestras manos pecadoras.

8 El asirio caerá por espada no de hombre, y la espada no humana lo devorará; no escapará de la espada, y sus jóvenes serán sometidos a trabajos forzados.

9 Su fortaleza a causa del terror pasará, y sus príncipes se espantarán ante el estandarte declara el SEÑOR, que tiene su fuego en Sion y su horno en Jerusalén.

Isaías 31:4-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 31

This chapter denounces woe to those that trusted in the Egyptians; assures the Jews of God's care and protection of them; calls them to repentance, and foretells the destruction of the Assyrian army. The sin of those that trusted in Egypt, with the reasons of their trust, and not looking to the Lord, and seeking him, is declared in Isa 31:1 and their folly exposed in so doing; since the Lord is wise, powerful, and unchangeable, and the Egyptians frail and weak; so that the helper and the helped must fall before him, Isa 31:2,3 whereas protection might be expected from the Lord, as is promised, whose power is like that of the lion, and whose tender care is like that of birds to defend their young, Isa 31:4,5 wherefore the Jews are called upon to return to the Lord by repentance, from whom they had revolted; which would be shown by their detestation of idolatry, the sin they had been guilty of, Isa 31:6,7 and the chapter is closed with a prophecy of the ruin of the Assyrian army, and the flight of their king, Isa 31:8,9.