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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 31 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Isaiah 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/30.htm" title="Isaiah 30">◄</a> Isaiah 31 <a href="../isaiah/32.htm" title="Isaiah 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">God Will Protect Jerusalem</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_31_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.1" class="v23_31_1">1</span>Those who go to Egypt for help are doomed! They are relying on Egypt's vast military strength—horses, chariots, and soldiers. But they do not rely on the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the holy God of Israel, or ask him for help. </span><span class="v23_31_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.2" class="v23_31_2">2</span>He knows what he is doing! He sends disaster. He carries out his threats to punish evil people and those who protect them. </span><span class="v23_31_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.3" class="v23_31_3">3</span>The Egyptians are not gods—they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the <span class="nd">Lord</span> acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_31_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.4" class="v23_31_4">4</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to me, “No matter how shepherds yell and shout, they can't scare away a lion from an animal that it has killed; in the same way, there is nothing that can keep me, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, from protecting Mount Zion. </span><span class="v23_31_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.5" class="v23_31_5">5</span>Just as a bird hovers over its nest to protect its young, so I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, will protect Jerusalem and defend it.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_31_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.6" class="v23_31_6">6</span>God said, “People of Israel, you have sinned against me and opposed me. But now, come back to me! </span><span class="v23_31_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.7" class="v23_31_7">7</span>A time is coming when all of you will throw away the sinful idols you made out of silver and gold. </span><span class="v23_31_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.8" class="v23_31_8">8</span>Assyria will be destroyed in war, but not by human power. The Assyrians will run from battle, and their young men will be made slaves. </span><span class="v23_31_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.31.9" class="v23_31_9">9</span>Their emperor will run away in terror, and the officers will be so frightened that they will abandon their battle flags.” The <span class="nd">Lord</span> has spoken—the <span class="nd">Lord</span> who is worshiped in Jerusalem and whose fire burns there for sacrifices.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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