2 But he also is wise and brings disaster.d

He does not go back on what he says;e

he will rise up against the house of the wicked

and against the allies of evildoers.

3 Egyptians are men, not God;

their horses are flesh, not spirit.

When the Lord raises his hand to strike,

the helper will stumble

and the one who is helped will fall;

both will perish together.

4 For this is what the Lord said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its preyf

when a band of shepherds is called out against it,

and it is not terrified by their shouting

or subdued by their noise,

so the Lord of Armies will come down

to fight on Mount Zion

and on its hill.g