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 LORD
!
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
.
Now the Egyptians are men
, and not God
; and their horses
flesh
, and not spirit
. When the LORD
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
.
For thus hath the LORD 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 LORD
of hosts
come down
to fight
for mount
Zion
, and for the hill
thereof.
As birds flying
, so will the LORD
of hosts
defend
Jerusalem
; defending
also he will deliver
it; and passing over
he will preserve
it.
Turn ye unto him from whom the children
of Israel
have deeply
revolted
.
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
.
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
.
And he shall pass over to his strong hold
for fear
, and his princes
shall be afraid
of the ensign
, saith
the LORD
, whose fire
is in Zion
, and his furnace
in Jerusalem
.