Isaiah 31 (NET)

Isaiah 31:1¹Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead; those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 20:7Jer 17:5Deut 17:16Jer 2:13Isa 36:9Dan 9:13Isa 30:16Ps 33:16-17Amos 5:4-8Isa 30:1-7

Isaiah 31:2²Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 23:19Isa 45:71 Cor 1:21-29Amos 3:6Jer 10:12Jude 1:25Matt 24:35Rom 16:27Zeph 3:81 Sam 2:3

Isaiah 31:3³The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:33-34Isa 9:17Ezek 28:9Isa 30:7Jer 15:6Ps 33:17Ps 9:20Deut 32:30-31Isa 30:5Isa 36:6

Isaiah 31:4⁴Indeed, this is what the Lord has said to me: “The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:8Hos 11:10Isa 42:13Zech 2:5Zech 12:8Rev 5:5Zech 14:32 Chr 20:15Isa 10:16Isa 12:6

Isaiah 31:5⁵Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 91:4Ps 37:40Deut 32:11Isa 37:35Isa 38:6Exod 19:4Isa 10:14Ps 46:5Exod 12:27

Isaiah 31:6⁶You Israelites! Return to the one you have so blatantly rebelled against!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 3:22Jer 3:14Isa 55:7Jer 3:102 Chr 33:9-16Acts 26:20Acts 3:19Hos 9:9Isa 1:4-5Jer 31:18-20

Isaiah 31:7⁷For at that time every one will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 30:22Isa 2:20Ezek 36:25Deut 7:25Hos 14:81 Kgs 12:28-30Hos 8:11

Isaiah 31:8⁸“Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 14:25Gen 49:152 Kgs 19:34-37Hos 1:7Isa 10:12Isa 10:16-19Isa 10:33-34Isa 29:5Isa 30:27-33Isa 37:35-38

Isaiah 31:9⁹They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the Lord ’s battle flag.” This is what the Lord says— the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 29:6Mal 4:1Deut 32:37Isa 10:17Isa 18:3Isa 4:4Lev 6:13Zech 2:5Isa 11:10Isa 30:33