Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

31 For at the voice of the Lord shall Asshur be affrighted ; with the rod shall he smite.

32 every passing of the staff of destiny, which the Lord shall make to light on him, shall be with tabrets and harps; and with waving wars shall he ﬁght against her. ’

33 For a burning place is made ready from yesterday; even it is prepared for the king; he hath made it deep, and hath made it broad; its pile ﬁre and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, bumeth against it.

XXXI. 1 Ah, they that go down to Egypt for help; and. they stay on horses, and trust in chariots, for they are many, and in horsemen, for they are very strong; and they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither. inquire of the Lord!

2 And he also is wise; and bringeth evil, and removeth not his words; and he riseth up against the house of evil doers, and against the help of them that work naughtiness.

3 And the Egyptians are men, and not God: and their horses ﬂesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall stretch out his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall come to an end together.

[*](30. ‘scattering’: or, ‘bursting’ (of clouds).)[*](31. ‘affrighted’: or, ‘broken.’)[*](33. Obscure. ‘ﬁght against them,’ Heb. marg.)[*](33. Heb. Tophteh: ‘an abomination,‘ Delitzsch (a place so called in Valley of Hinnom).)[*](1. Or,‘ ‘seek the Lord!’)[*](2. ‘help,’ i.e. ‘helpers.’)

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4 For thus said the LORD unto me, As the lion growleth, and the young lion over his prey, against whom a multitude of ’ shepherds is called forth: at their voice he is not affrighted, and at their uproar he is not dismayed; so shall the LORD of Hosts come down to ﬁght against mount Zion, and against the hill thereof.

5 As birds hovering, so will the LORD of Hosts protect Jeru- salem; protecting and rescuing, passing over, and setting free.

6 Return ye unto him from whom they have deeply revolted, Ο children of Israel.