King James VersionIsaiah31

Isaiah

1 Woe to 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; but they look not unto the Holy One of Is­rael, nei­ther seek the LORD! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evil­do­ers, and against the help of them that work in­iq­ui­ty. 3 Now the Egyp­tians are men, and not God; and their hors­es flesh, and not spir­it. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail to­geth­er. 4 For thus hath the LORD spo­ken unto me, Like 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 noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill there­of. 5 As birds fly­ing, so will the LORD of hosts de­fend Jerusalem; de­fend­ing also he will de­liv­er it; and pass­ing over he will pre­serve it. 6 Turn ye unto him from whom the chil­dren of Is­rael have deeply re­volt­ed. 7 For in that day ev­ery man shall cast away his idols of sil­ver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. 8 Then 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 from the sword, and his young men shall be dis­com­fit­ed. 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the en­sign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his fur­nace in Jerusalem.