Chapter 31
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Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w*!
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Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
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Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w* shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
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For thus hath the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w* spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w* of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
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As birds flying, so will the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w* of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
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¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
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¶ Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
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And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the +w LORD|strong=“H3068”+w*, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.