Isaiah 31

Woe to them ^athat go down to Egypt for help;

And ^bcstay on horses,

And ^btrust in chariots, because they are many;

And in horsemen, because they are very strong;

But they look not unto the Holy One of Israel,

^cNeither seek the Lord.

²Yet he ^dalso is wise, and will bring evil,

And ^ewill not call back his words:

But will arise against the house of the evildoers,

And against the help of ^fthem that work iniquity.

³Now the Egyptians are men, and ^gnot God;

And their horses ^gflesh, and not spirit.

When the Lord shall stretch out his hand,

Both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is ^hholpen shall fall down,

And ⁱthey all shall fail together.

⁴For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me,

^kLike as the lion and ^lthe young lion roaring on his prey,

When ^ma multitude of shepherds is called forth against him,

He will not ⁿbe afraid of their voice,

Nor abase himself for the noise of them:

^oSo shall the Lord of hosts come down

To fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

^5pAs birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem;

^qDefending also he will deliver it;

And ^rpassing over he will preserve it.

⁶Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel ^shave deeply revolted.

⁷For in that day ^tevery man shall cast away

His ^uidols of silver, and his idols of gold,

Which your own hands have made unto you ^vfor a sin.

⁸Then shall ^wthe Assyrian fall with the sword, not of ^xa mighty man;

And the sword, not of ^xa mean man, shall devour him:

But ^yhe shall flee from the sword,

And his young men shall be discomfited.

⁹And ^ahe shall pass over to his strong hold for fear,

And his princes shall be afraid of ^bthe ensign,

Saith the Lord, ^cwhose fire is in Zion,

And his ^dfurnace in Jerusalem.

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