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align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/isaiah/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Isaiah.31" /><h3 class="head1">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the Only Help</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and who depend on horses!</p><p class="poem">They trust in the abundance of chariots</p><p class="poem">and in the large number of horsemen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">They do not look<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> to the Holy One of Israel,</p><p class="poem">and they do not seek the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But he also is wise and brings disaster.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He does not go back on what he says;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will rise up against the house of the wicked</p><p class="poem">and against the allies of evildoers.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Egyptians are men, not God;</p><p class="poem">their horses are flesh, not spirit.</p><p class="poem">When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> raises his hand to strike,</p><p class="poem">the helper will stumble</p><p class="poem">and the one who is helped will fall;</p><p class="poem">both will perish together.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to me:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">As a lion or young lion growls over its prey<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">when a band of shepherds is called out against it,</p><p class="poem">and it is not terrified by their shouting</p><p class="poem">or subdued by their noise,</p><p class="poem">so the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies will come down</p><p class="poem">to fight on Mount Zion</p><p class="poem">and on its hill.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Like hovering birds,</p><p class="poem">so the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies will protect Jerusalem;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">by protecting it, he will rescue it;</p><p class="poem">by passing over it, he will deliver it.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Return to the one the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For on that day, every one of you will reject the worthless idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Assyria will fall,</p><p class="poem">but not by human sword;</p><p class="poem">a sword will devour him,</p><p class="poem">but not one made by man.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He will flee from the sword;</p><p class="poem">his young men will be put to forced labor.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.31.9" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>His rock<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.31.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will pass away because of fear,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="noind">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration — whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.31.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.31" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.31.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.9">31:9</a></span> Perhaps the Assyrian king</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.31" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.1">31:1</a></span> Is 30:2,7; 36:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.1">31:1</a></span> Dt 17:16; Ps 20:7; 33:17; Is 2:7; 30:16; 36:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.1">31:1</a></span> Is 9:13; 17:7–8; Dn 9:13; Am 5:4–8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.2">31:2</a></span> Is 45:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.2">31:2</a></span> Nm 23:19; Is 22:14; Jr 44:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.4">31:4</a></span> Nm 24:9; Hs 11:10; Am 3:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.4">31:4</a></span> Is 42:13; Zch 12:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.5">31:5</a></span> Dt 32:11; Ps 91:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.6">31:6</a></span> Is 1:5; 59:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.7">31:7</a></span> Is 2:20; 30:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.8">31:8</a></span> Is 37:7,36–38</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.8">31:8</a></span> Gn 49:15; Is 14:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.9">31:9</a></span> Dt 32:31,37</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.9">31:9</a></span> Is 5:26; 13:2; Jr 4:6,21; 51:12,27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.31.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.31.9">31:9</a></span> Lv 10:2; Is 10:17; 30:33</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.31" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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