40 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
40 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 31
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1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
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And rely on horses,
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Who trust in chariots because they are many,
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And in horsemen because they are very strong,
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But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
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Nor seek the Lord!
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2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster,
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And will not call back His words,
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But will arise against the house of evildoers,
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And against the help of those who work iniquity.
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3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
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And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
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When the Lord stretches out His hand,
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Both he who helps will fall,
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And he who is helped will fall down;
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They all will perish together.
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4 For thus the Lord has spoken to me:
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“As a lion roars,
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And a young lion over his prey
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(When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him,
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He will not be afraid of their voice
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Nor be disturbed by their noise),
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So the Lord of hosts will come down
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To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.
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5 Like birds flying about,
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So will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.
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Defending, He will also deliver it;
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Passing over, He will preserve it.”
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6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
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7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves.
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8 “Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man,
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And a sword not of mankind shall devour him.
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But he shall flee from the sword,
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And his young men shall become forced labor.
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9 He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
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And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,”
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Says the Lord,
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Whose fire is in Zion
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And whose furnace is in Jerusalem. |