Isaiah

31 1 WOE ^ato 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; ^bbut they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

2 Yet ^che also is wise, and will bring evil, and ^dwill not ¹call back his words: but will ^earise against the house of the evildoers, and against ^fthe help of them that work iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians are ^gmen, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD ^hshall stretch out his hand, ⁱboth he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is ^*holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, ^jLike 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 ²noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5 ^kAs birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

6 ¶^lTurn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have ^mdeeply revolted.

7 For in that day every man shall ⁿcast away his idols of silver, and ³his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

8 ¶^oThen 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 ⁴from the sword, and his young men shall be ⁵discomfited.

9 And ⁶he shall pass over to ⁷his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of ^pthe ^*ensign, saith the LORD, whose ^qfire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.