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Isaiah 31:1

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

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KJV King James Version

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

WEB World English Bible

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!

ASV American Standard Version

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Woe to those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought.

Surrounding context — Isaiah 31

1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

2 Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

3 Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

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ה֣וֹיH1945 · hoywoe!הַיֹּרְדִ֤יםH3381 · ya.radto go down מִצְרַ֙יִם֙H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt לְעֶזְרָ֔הH5833 · ez.rahhelp עַל־H5921 · alupon סוּסִ֖יםH5483 · susswallow יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּH8172 · sha.anto lean וַיִּבְטְח֨וּH982 · ba.tachto trust עַל־H5921 · alupon רֶ֜כֶבH7393 · re.khevchariot כִּ֣יH3588 · kifor רָ֗בH7227 · ravmany וְעַ֤לH5921 · alupon פָּֽרָשִׁים֙H6571 · pa.rashhorse כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor עָצְמ֣וּH6105 · a.tsombe vast מְאֹ֔דH3966 · me.odmuch וְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonot שָׁעוּ֙H8159 · sha.ahto gaze עַל־H5921 · alupon קְד֣וֹשׁH6918 · qa.doshholy יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD לֹ֥אH3808 · lonot דָרָֽשׁוּ׃H1875 · da.rashto seek

Cross-references

Psalm 20:7Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.Deuteronomy 17:16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Isaiah 36:9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?Isaiah 30:16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.Daniel 9:13As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.Psalm 33:16-17There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.Amos 5:4-8For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:Isaiah 30:1-7Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:Isaiah 36:6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.Ezekiel 17:15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such [things]? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?Isaiah 9:13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.Hosea 7:7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.Hosea 7:13-16Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.Isaiah 22:11Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

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