Isaiah 31:1–5

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

¹Woe to those who go down to ^aEgypt for help

And ^brely on horses,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very mighty,

But they do not have ^cregard for the ^dHoly One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!

²Yet He also is ^awise and will ^bbring about an evil demise

And does ^cnot turn His words aside,

But will arise against the house of ^devildoers

And against the help of the ^eworkers of iniquity.

³Now the Egyptians are ^amen and not God,

And their ^bhorses are flesh and not spirit;

So Yahweh will ^cstretch out His hand,

And ^dhe who helps will stumble,

And he who is helped will fall,

And all of them will come to an end together.

⁴For thus says Yahweh to me,

“As the ^alion or the young lion growls over its prey,

Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,

And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,

So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage ^bwar on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

⁵Like ¹flying ^abirds so Yahweh of hosts will defend Jerusalem.

He will ^bdefend and deliver it;

He will pass over and provide a way of escape.