79 lines
1.7 KiB
Markdown
79 lines
1.7 KiB
Markdown
The Futility of Relying on Egypt
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# Chapter 31
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1. What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
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trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
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and depending on the strength of human armies
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instead of looking to the LORD,
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the Holy One of Israel.
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2. In his wisdom, the LORD will send great disaster;
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he will not change his mind.
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He will rise against the wicked
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and against their helpers.
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3. For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God!
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Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits!
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When the LORD raises his fist against them,
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those who help will stumble,
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and those being helped will fall.
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They will all fall down and die together.
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4. But this is what the LORD has told me:
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"When a strong young lion
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stands growling over a sheep it has killed,
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it is not frightened by the shouts and noise
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of a whole crowd of shepherds.
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In the same way, the LORD of Heaven's Armies
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will come down and fight on Mount Zion.
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5. The LORD of Heaven's Armies will hover over Jerusalem
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and protect it like a bird protecting its nest.
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He will defend and save the city;
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he will pass over it and rescue it."
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6. Though you are such wicked rebels, my people, come and return to the LORD.
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7. I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.
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8. "The Assyrians will be destroyed,
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but not by the swords of men.
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The sword of God will strike them,
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and they will panic and flee.
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The strong young Assyrians
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will be taken away as captives.
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9. Even the strongest will quake with terror,
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and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,"
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says the LORD, whose fire burns in Zion,
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whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
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