Isaiah 31
The Egyptians Are Men,
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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!
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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.
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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 helped shall fall down, and they all
shall fail together.
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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.
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As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will
deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
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Turn ye unto him from whom the
children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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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.
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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.
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And he shall pass over to his stronghold
for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the
LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his
furnace in Jerusalem.
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