Woe to those who go
down
to aEgypt
for help
And brely
on horses
, And trust
in chariots
because
they are many
And in horsemen
because
they are very
strong
, But they do not clook
to the dHoly
One
of Israel
, nor
seek
the LORD
!
Yet He also is awise
and will bbring
disaster
And does cnot retract
His words
, But will arise
against
the house
of devildoers
And against
the help
of the eworkers
of iniquity
.
Now the Egyptians are amen
and not God
, And their bhorses
are flesh
and not spirit
; So the LORD
will cstretch
out His hand
, And dhe who helps
will stumble
And he who is helped
will fall
, And all
of them will come
to an end
together
.
For thus says
the LORD
to me, "As the alion
or the young
lion
growls
over
his prey
, Against
which
a band
of shepherds
is called
out, And he will not be terrified
at their voice
nor
disturbed
at their noise
, So
will the LORD
of hosts
come
down
to wage
bwar
on Mount
Zion
and on its hill
."
Like 1flying abirds
so
the LORD
of hosts
will protect
Jerusalem
. He will bprotect
and deliver
it; He will pass
over
and rescue
it.
aReturn to Him from whom
1you have bdeeply
defected
, O sons
of Israel
.
For in that day every
man
will acast
away
his silver
idols
and his gold
idols
, which
your bsinful hands
have made
for you as ba sin
.
And the aAssyrian will fall
by a sword
not of man
, And a bsword
not of man
will devour
him. So he will 1 cnot escape
the sword
, And his young
men
will become
dforced
laborers
.
"His arock will pass
away
because
of panic
, And his princes
will be terrified
at the bstandard
," Declares
the LORD
, whose
cfire
is in Zion
and whose furnace
is in Jerusalem
.