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Isaiah 31 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and in horses, <i>which are</i> a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><i>even</i> an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help <i>in them</i>: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and <i>the animals</i> are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, <i>even</i> upon her mountains.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Turn, ye children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and <i>their</i> golden idols, which their hands made.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blesses is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>