Isaiah 31

Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt

1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.
2 Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words. He will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers.
3 But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.
4 This is what the LORD says to me: “As a lion growls, a great lion over its prey— and though a whole band of shepherds is called together against it, it is not frightened by their shouts or disturbed by their clamor— so the LORD Almighty will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 Like birds hovering overhead, the LORD Almighty will shield Jerusalem; he will shield it and deliver it, he will ‘pass over’ it and will rescue it.”
6 Return, you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted against.
7 For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.
8 “Assyria will fall by no human sword; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them. They will flee before the sword and their young men will be put to forced labor.
9 Their stronghold will fall because of terror; at the sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Cross References 37

  • 1. S Isaiah 28:1
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 17:16; S Isaiah 30:2,5; S Jeremiah 37:5
  • 3. S Isaiah 30:16
  • 4. S Isaiah 2:7
  • 5. Job 6:10; S Isaiah 1:4; S Isaiah 30:12
  • 6. S Deuteronomy 20:1; S Proverbs 21:31; S Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 29:16; Psalms 20:7; Daniel 9:13
  • 7. S Psalms 92:5; Romans 16:27
  • 8. Isaiah 45:7; Isaiah 47:11; Amos 3:6
  • 9. Numbers 23:19; S Proverbs 19:21
  • 10. S Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 32:6
  • 11. Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 36:9
  • 12. S Psalms 9:20; Ezekiel 28:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4
  • 13. S Isaiah 30:16
  • 14. Nehemiah 1:10; S Job 30:21; Isaiah 9:17,21; Jeremiah 51:25; Ezekiel 20:34
  • 15. Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 30:5-7
  • 16. S Isaiah 20:6; Jeremiah 17:5
  • 17. Numbers 24:9; S 1 Samuel 17:34; Hosea 11:10; Amos 3:8
  • 18. Jeremiah 3:15; Jeremiah 23:4; Ezekiel 34:23; Nahum 3:18
  • 19. Psalms 74:23
  • 20. Isaiah 42:13
  • 21. S Genesis 1:2; S Matthew 23:37
  • 22. S Psalms 91:4; S Isaiah 5:2; S Zechariah 9:15
  • 23. S Psalms 34:7; Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 38:6
  • 24. S Exodus 12:23
  • 25. S Job 22:23; S Isaiah 1:27
  • 26. S Isaiah 1:5
  • 27. Isaiah 29:18
  • 28. S Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 30:22
  • 29. S Psalms 135:15
  • 30. S Isaiah 10:12
  • 31. S Exodus 12:12; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 14:25; S Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 37:7; Jeremiah 25:12; Habakkuk 2:8
  • 32. S Genesis 49:15; S Deuteronomy 20:11
  • 33. Deuteronomy 32:31,37
  • 34. S Isaiah 18:3; S Jeremiah 4:6
  • 35. Jeremiah 51:9; Nahum 3:7
  • 36. S Isaiah 10:17
  • 37. Psalms 21:9; Malachi 4:1

Isaiah 31 Commentaries

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