Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt. Isa 31:1-9 and Isa 32:1-8
III. THE SIX WOES, Isaiah 28-35
5. To Those Who Rely on Horses and Chariots
Isa 31:1-9 and Isa 32:1-8
WOE TO THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO EGYPT
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help, Who rely on horses And trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the LORD!
Yet He is also wise and will bring disaster, And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers And against the helpers of those who do evil.
Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; And the LORD will stretch out His hand, And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble, And he (Judah) who is helped will fall, And all of them will perish together.
For so the LORD says to me, “As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, And though a large group of shepherds is called out against him He will not be terrified at their voice nor cringe at their noise, So the LORD of hosts will come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
Like flying birds, so will the LORD of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will protect and save it, He will pass over and rescue it.
Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
For in that day every man will reject and throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold [in disgust], which your own hands have sinfully made for you.
Then the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. And he will flee from the sword [of
“His rock [his stronghold] will pass away because of panic, And his princes will be terrified at the [sight of the battle] standard,” Declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
A KING WILL REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
Behold, a King will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry land, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].
Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.
The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
The fool (the good-for-nothing) will no longer be called noble, Nor the rogue said to be generous.
For the fool speaks nonsense, And his heart (mind) plans wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the LORD, To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied And to deprive the thirsty of drink.
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil; He conceives wicked plans To ruin the poor with lies, Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things; And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
F.B.Meyer
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Isa 31:1-9 and Isa 32:1-8
5. To Those Who Rely on Horses and Chariots
A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION
Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the help of their fathers’ God. Yet was He not so wise as the Egyptians, and equally as strong! And were they not running a fearful risk in rejecting One who would not recall His words of threatened punishment to those who refused His help? At best, the Egyptians were men, and not God, and their cavalry, flesh. If only they would trust Him, God would defy their foes, as a lion defies a company of unarmed shepherds, Isa_31:4. The mother-bird hovers over her brood to protect it from the kestrel; so would He spread His covering wing over Jerusalem, Isa_31:5. We may have deeply revolted, yet we may turn back to God with the certainty that He will receive and rescue us, Isa_31:6.
Sennacherib fell by the sword of his sons. Compare Isa_32:8 with 2Ki_19:36-37. How different is our glorious King, whose many-sided nature meets all our needs! Isa_32:2. Before Him all men are unveiled in their true characters. Only those who are royal in heart shall stand before Him, Isa_31:8.
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