Isaiah 31:1-9 Ah, they that go down into Egypt for help; that trust in horses and in chariots, for they are many, and in horses, they are a great multitude; and trusted not in the Holy One of Israel, and sought not God.

Ottley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Ah, they that go down into Egypt for help; that trust in horses and in chariots, for they are many, and in horses, they are a great multitude; and trusted not in the Holy One of Israel, and sought not God. ² And, wise himself, he brought evils upon them; and his word shall not be set at nought; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope, ³ An Egyptian, a man, and not a god: the flesh of horses, and there is no help (in them); but the Lord shall set his hand against them, and they that (come to) help shall weary themselves, and all shall perish together. ⁴ For thus saith the Lord to me, Like as if the lion or the whelp crieth out over the prey, which he hath taken, and roareth over it until the mountains be filled with his voice; and they were vanquished, and cowered before the greatness of his wrath; so shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight against the mount Zion, and against her mountains. ⁵ As birds flying, so will the Lord hold a shield to defend Jerusalem, and will deliver it, and preserve it, and will save it. ⁶ Turn you, ye that counsel the deep counsel, and the disobedient; ⁷ For in that day shall men disown the works of their hands, those of silver, and those of gold, which their hands have made. ⁸ And Asshur shall fall; not the sword of a man, nor the sword of mankind, shall devour him; and he shall flee, not from before a pursuer; but the young men shall be vanquished. ⁹ For they shall be encompassed by a rock, as with a palisade, and shall be vanquished, and he that fleeth shall be taken. ¶ Thus saith the Lord, Happy is he who hath a seed in Zion, and kinsmen in Jerusalem.