Isaiah 31:4–9

4  For 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.

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

qDefending also he will deliver it;

And rpassing over he will preserve it.

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

7  For 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.

8  Then 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.

9  And a†he 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.