Isaiah 31:5
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| Overview - Isaiah 31 | |
| 1 | The prophet shews the folly and danger of trusting to Egypt, and forsaking God. |
| 6 | He exhorts to conversion. |
| 8 | He shews the fall of Assyria. |
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Isaiah 31:5 (King James Version)
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
- birds
- 10:14 Exodus 19:4 ; Deuteronomy 32:11 ; Psalms 46:5 ; 91:4
- defending
- Psalms 37:40
- passing
- Or rather, as Bp
- Lowth renders, "leaping forward," {pasoach.} 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.
- Exodus 12:27