Chapter 31
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help , and rely on horses , and trust in chariots because they are many , and in horsemen because they are very strong , but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel , and they don’t seek the LORD !
2 Yet he also is wise , and will bring disaster , and will not call back his words , but will arise against the house of the evildoers , and against the help of those who work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men , and not God ; and their horses flesh , and not spirit . When the LORD stretches out his hand , both he who helps shall stumble , and he who is helped shall fall , and they all shall be consumed together .
4 For the LORD says to me , " As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey , if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him , will not be dismayed at their voice , nor abase himself for their noise , so the LORD of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 As birds hovering, so the LORD of Armies will protect Jerusalem . He will protect and deliver it . He will pass over and preserve it ."
6 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted , children of Israel .
7 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin which your own hands have made for you .
8 " The Assyrian will fall by the sword , not of man ; and the sword , not of mankind, shall devour him . He will flee from the sword , and his young men will become subject to forced labour.
9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror , and his princes will be afraid of the banner ," says the LORD , whose fire is in Zion , and his furnace in Jerusalem .