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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Yet He also<MH1571> is wise<MH2450> and will bring<MH935> disaster<MH7451b>, <t><p class="indent1">And does not retract<MH5493> His words<MH1697>, <t><p class="indent1">But will arise<MH6965> against<MH5921> the house<MH1004> of evildoers<MH7489a>, <t><p class="indent1">And against<MH5921> the help<MH5833> of the workers<MH6466> of injustice<MH205>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now the Egyptians<MH4714> are human<MH120> and not God<MH410>, <t><p class="indent1">And their horses<MH5483b> are flesh<MH1320> and not spirit<MH7307>; <t><p class="indent1">So the LORD<MH3068> will stretch<MH5186> out<MH5186> His hand<MH3027>, <t><p class="indent1">And <i>any</i> helper<MH5826> will stumble<MH3782>, <t><p class="indent1">And one who is helped<MH5826> will fall<MH5307>. <t><p class="indent1">And all<MH3605> of them will come<MH3615> to<MH3615> an<MH3615> end<MH3615> together<MH3164a>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this<MH3541> is<MH3541> what<MH3541> the LORD<MH3068> says<MH559> to me: <p class="indent1stline">“As the lion<MH743b> or the young<MH3715> lion<MH3715> growls<MH1897> over<MH5921> his prey<MH2964>, <t><p class="indent1">Against<MH5921> which<MH834> a band<MH4393> of shepherds<MH7462a> is called<MH7121> out<MH7121>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> he will not be terrified<MH2865> at their voice<MH6963> nor<MH3808> disturbed<MH6031a> at their noise<MH1995>, <t><p class="indent1">So<MH3651> will the LORD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635> come<MH3381> down<MH3381> to wage<MH6633> war<MH6633> on Mount<MH2022> Zion<MH6726> and on its hill<MH1389>.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Like <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>flying<MH5774a> birds<MH6833> so<MH3651> the LORD<MH3068> of armies<MH6635> will protect<MH1598> Jerusalem<MH3389>. <t><p class="indent1">He will protect<MH1598> and save<MH5337> <i>it;</i> <t><p class="indent1">He will pass<MH6452a> over<MH6452a> and rescue<MH4422> <i>it.</i> <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Return<MH7725> to Him against whom<MH834> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>you have been profoundly<MH6009> obstinate<MH5627>, you sons<MH1121> of Israel<MH3478>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For on that day<MH3117> every<MH376> person<MH376> will reject<MH3988a> his silver<MH3701> idols<MH457> and his gold<MH2091> idols<MH457>, which<MH834> your hands<MH3027> have made<MH6213a> for you as a sin<MH2399>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the Assyrian<MH804b> will fall<MH5307> by a sword<MH2719> not <i>wielded by</i> a man<MH376>, <t><p class="indent1">And a sword<MH2719> not of man<MH120> will devour<MH398> him. <t><p class="indent1">So he will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>not escape<MH5127> the sword<MH2719>, <t><p class="indent1">And his young<MH970> men<MH970> will become<MH1961> forced<MH4522> laborers<MH4522>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“His rock<MH5553> will pass<MH5674a> away<MH5674a> because<MH4480> of panic<MH4032>, <t><p class="indent1">And his officers<MH8269> will be terrified<MH2865> by the flag<MH5251>,” <t><p class="indent1">Declares<MH5002> the LORD<MH3068>, whose<MH834> fire<MH217> is in Zion<MH6726> and whose furnace<MH8574> is in Jerusalem<MH3389>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>hovering</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>they</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>flee</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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