Isaiah 31

The Egyptians are No Help

¹Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help!

They rely on horses

and trust in chariots because they are many,

and they do not look to the holy one of Israel,

²And indeed, he is wise, and he brings disaster,

and he will rise against the house of evildoers

³And the Egyptians are human and not God,

And Yahweh stretches out his hand,

and the one being helped will fall,

⁴For Yahweh said this to me:

“As which a lion growls

when a full group of shepherds is called against him,

it is not terrified by their voice,

so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion

⁵Like birds flying overhead, so Yahweh of hosts will protect Jerusalem;

he will protect and deliver it;

⁶Turn back to the one against whom the sons of Israel have made deep rebellion.

⁷For on that day, each one will reject his idols of silver

⁸And Assyria shall fall by a sword not of a man,

and he shall flee from the sword,

⁹And his rock will pass over because of terror,

who has a fire in Zion