31 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.
