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1.6 KiB
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58 lines
1.6 KiB
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The Lord, the Only
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# Chapter 31
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1. Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
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and who depend on horses!
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They trust in the abundance of chariots
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and in the large number of horsemen.
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They do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
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and they do not seek the Lord.
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2. But he also is wise and brings disaster.
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He does not go back on what he says;
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he will rise up against the house of the wicked
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and against the allies of evildoers.
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3. Egyptians are men, not God;
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their horses are flesh, not spirit.
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When the Lord raises his hand to strike,
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the helper will stumble
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and the one who is helped will fall;
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both will perish together.
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4. For this is what the Lord said to me:
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As a lion or young lion growls over its prey
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when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
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and it is not terrified by their shouting
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or subdued by their noise,
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so the Lord of Armies will come down
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to fight on Mount Zion
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and on its hill.
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5. Like hovering birds,
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so the Lord of Armies will protect Jerusalem;
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by protecting it, he will rescue it;
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by passing over it, he will deliver it.
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6. Return to the one the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.
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7. For on that day, every one of you will reject the worthless idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
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8. Then Assyria will fall,
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but not by human sword;
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a sword will devour him,
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but not one made by man.
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He will flee from the sword;
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his young men will be put to forced labor.
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9. His rock will pass away because of fear,
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and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.
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This is the Lord's declaration--whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
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