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Woe to those who godown to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariotsbecause they are many And in horsemenbecause they are verystrong, But they do not look to the HolyOne of Israel, norseek the LORD!
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Yet He also is wise and will bringdisaster And does not retract His words, But will ariseagainst the house of evildoers And against the help of the workers of iniquity.
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Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; So the LORD will stretch out His hand, And he who helps will stumble And he who is helped will fall, And all of them will come to an endtogether.
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For thussays the LORD to me, "As the lion or the youngliongrowlsover his prey, Againstwhich a band of shepherds is called out, And he will not be terrified at their voicenordisturbed at their noise, So will the LORD of hostscomedown to wagewar on MountZion and on its hill."
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And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his youngmen will becomeforcedlaborers.
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"His rock will passawaybecause of panic, And his princes will be terrified at the standard," Declares the LORD, whosefire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.