Isaiah

Isaiah 31 ©

1 The folly and danger of trusting in Egypt, instead of seeking to God. 6 An exhortation to turn to God. 8 The fall of Assyria.

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WOE ato them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; bbut they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

a ch. 30.1-7,16; 36.9; 57.9. Ps. 20.7,8; 33.16,17. De. 17.18; 28.68. Ho. 11.5.
b 2Ch. 16.7,8. Je. 17.5; 2.13. Ho. 7.7,10,16; 11.7. ch. 22.11; 17.7,8.
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Yet che also is wise, and will bring evil, and dwill not 1call back his words: but will earise against the house of the evildoers, and against fthe help of them that work iniquity.

c 1Ti. 1.17. Ro. 11.33,34. ch. 40.12,13. Job 5.12,13. Am. 3.6. ch. 30.13,14. Zec. 1.6.
d Nu. 23.19.
e Ps. 68.1,2. Zep. 3.8.
f v.3. ch. 30.3,7; 19; 20.
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Now the Egyptians are gmen, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD hshall stretch out his hand, iboth he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is *holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

g Ps. 9.20; 60.11; 146.3,4; 39.5; 62.9. Eze. 28.9. ch. 36.6; 2.22.
h Je. 15.6. Zep. 2.13.
i ch. 20.4-6. 2Ki. 18.13. Je. 17.5.
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For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, jLike as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor *abase himself for the 2noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

j ch. 5.29; 30.27-33; 10.16-19,33,34. Mi. 5.5-8. ch. 37.7,35,36. Je. 50.33,34. Pr. 30.30; 5.14. Ho. 11.10. Am. 1.2; 3.8. ch. 42.13.
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kAs birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

k Ps. 46.5. De. 32.11. Ex. 12.23. Ps. 91.4; 125.2; 17.8; 36.7; 57.1; 61.5. Mat. 23.37. Zec. 2.5; 9.15; 12.8. ch. 37.35,36.
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lTurn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have mdeeply revolted.

l Je. 3.1,4,12,14,22; 31.18-20. Eze. 18.30; 33.11. Ho. 14.1-3,8; 9.9,15. Joel 2.12,13. ch. 44.22; 55.6,7.
m 2Ki. 17.7-17. ch. 1; 3; 5; 9; 59. Mi. 2; 3. Ho. 4-12. Am. 2-4.
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For in that day every man shall ncast away his idols of silver, and 3his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

n ch. 2.20; 1.29; 27.9; 30.22; 17.8. Ho. 14.3,8; 2.15-17. Mi. 4.13. 1Jn. 5.21.
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oThen shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee 4from the sword, and his young men shall be 5discomfited.

o ch. 9.4; 10.16-19,25-34; 14.25; 27.1,4; 29.5-8; 30.27-33; 37.7,36-38; 33.1,3,11,12,18,19,23. Ho. 1.6,7.
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And 6he shall pass over to 7his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of pthe *ensign, saith the LORD, whose qfire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

p ch. 11.10.
q Le. 6.13. Ps. 21.9. ch. 10.16-19; 24.15; 30.27-33; 29.2; 33.14. Zec. 2.5. Mal. 4.1; 3.2,3.