Jesaja 31
Svenska Folkbibeln
Herren och inte Egypten är Jerusalems räddning
31 Ve dem som drar i väg ner till Egypten för att få hjälp.
De förlitar sig på hästar
och förtröstar på vagnar,
därför att de är många,
och på ryttare,
därför att mängden är stor.
De vänder inte sin blick till Israels Helige
och frågar inte efter Herren.
2 Men också han är vis, och låter olyckan komma.
Han tar inte tillbaka sina ord.
Han reser sig upp mot de ondas hus
och mot hjälp från ogärningsmän.
3 Ty egyptierna är människor och inte Gud,
deras hästar är kött och inte ande.
Herren skall räcka ut sin hand,
och hjälparen skall vackla och den hjälpte falla,
båda skall tillsammans förgås.
4 Ty så har Herren sagt till mig:
Liksom ett lejon ryter, ett ungt lejon över sitt rov
när många herdar samlas emot det,
och inte skräms av herdarnas rop
eller fruktar för deras oväsen,
så skall Herren Sebaot fara ner för att strida på Sions berg
och uppe på dess höjd.
5 Som fågeln breder ut sina vingar,
så skall Herren Sebaot beskydda Jerusalem.
Han skall beskydda och hjälpa, skona och rädda.
6 Vänd om till honom som ni så djupt har avfallit ifrån, ni Israels barn. 7 Ty på den dagen skall var och en kasta bort sina avgudar av silver och sina avgudar av guld, som era händer har gjort åt er till synd. 8 Assur skall falla, men inte genom en mans svärd. Ett svärd som inte är en människas skall förtära honom. Han skall fly för svärd, och hans unga män skall bli slavar. 9 Hans klippa skall förgås av skräck, och hans furstar skall förfärade fly för baneret.
Så säger Herren, han som har sin eld på Sion och sin ugn i Jerusalem.
Isaiah 31
King James Version
31 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.
5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 31
Lexham English Bible
The Egyptians are No Help
31 Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help!
They rely on horses
and trust in chariots because they are many,
and in horsemen because they are very numerous,
and they do not look to the holy one of Israel,
and they do not consult Yahweh.
2 And indeed, he is wise, and he brings disaster,
and he does not remove his words,
and he will rise against the house of evildoers
and against the help of workers of iniquity.
3 And the Egyptians are human and not God,
and their horses are flesh and not spirit.
And Yahweh stretches out his hand,
and the helper will stumble,
and the one being helped will fall,
and together all of them will come to an end.[a]
4 For Yahweh said this to me:
“As which a lion growls
and a young lion over its prey
when a full group[b] of shepherds is called against him,
it is not terrified by their voice,
and to their noise it does not respond,
so Yahweh of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion
and upon its hill.
5 Like birds flying overhead, so Yahweh of hosts will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will pass over and rescue it.
6 Turn back to the one against whom the sons of Israel have made deep rebellion.
7 For on that day, each one will reject his idols of silver
and his idols of gold which your hands have made in sin for you.
8 And Assyria shall fall by a sword not of a man,
and a sword not of a human shall devour him;
and he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
9 And his rock will pass over because of terror,
and his officers will be terrified because of the flag,”
declares[c] Yahweh,
who has a fire in Zion
and has a furnace in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:3 Or “perish”
- Isaiah 31:4 Literally “fullness”
- Isaiah 31:9 Literally “declaration of”
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