Isaiah 31:8-9

The Voice

⁸Eternal One: And then, the one you fear, Assyria, will fall and be defeated,
        not by the sword of man but by the sword of God.
    It will try to escape the edge of the blade,
        but its young men will be captured and put to forced labor.
⁹    The very thing the Assyrians thought was permanent
        will disappear into thin air, fleeing in fear;
    And the discipline of their military will come to nothing.
        They’ll panic and run.

This is what the Eternal, whose fire burns in Zion, whose furnace blazes in Jerusalem, has said.

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Isaiah 31:8-9

New International Version

⁸“Assyria^(A) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour^(B) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.^(C)
⁹Their stronghold^(D) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(E) their commanders will panic,^(F)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(G) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(H) is in Jerusalem.

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Isaiah 31:8-9

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man;
    and a sword, not of man, shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
    and his young men shall be ^(B)put to forced labor.
⁹^(C)His rock shall pass away in terror,
    and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the Lord, whose ^(D)fire is in Zion,
    and whose ^(E)furnace is in Jerusalem.