Isaiah 31
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 31
Forbidden Alliance with Egypt
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who rely on horses,
who place their trust in a large number of chariots
and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or seek the Lord’s guidance.
2 Yet he, too, is wise and can bring disaster,
and he does not take back his threats.
He will rise up against the house of the wicked
and against those who come to the support of evildoers.
3 The Egyptians are mortal, not divine;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble and the one helped will fall;
all of them will perish together.
4 This is what the Lord said to me:
As a lion or a lion cub
growls over its prey,
and when a band of shepherds
gather together to drive it off,
it is not frightened by their shouting
or daunted by their clamor,
so the Lord of hosts will come down
to do battle on the heights of Mount Zion.
5 Like a hovering bird
the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it,
he will spare and rescue it.
6 Come back to the one
whom you have completely deserted,
O children of Israel.
7 For on that day
all of you will cast away
your idols of silver and your false gods of gold
which your own sinful hands have made.
Destruction of Assyria
8 Then Assyria will fall by a sword not brandished by a man
and be devoured by a sword that no human yields;
he will flee before the sword,
and his young warriors will endure forced labor.
9 His stronghold will be abandoned in terror,
and his commanders will panic and desert him.
Thus says the Lord whose fire is in Zion
and whose furnace burns in 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.
Исаия 31
Библия, синодално издание
31 (A)Горко на ония, които отиват в Египет за помощ, надяват се на коне и се осланят на колесници, защото били много, и на конници, защото били твърде силни, а на Светия Израилев не поглеждат и към Господа не прибягват!
2 (B)Но премъдър е Той; и ще напрати бедствие, и не ще отмени думите Си; ще въстане против дома на нечестивците и против помощта на ония, които вършат беззаконие.
3 (C)И египтяни са човеци, а не Бог; и конете им са плът, а не дух. И ще простре ръката Си Господ, и ще се препъне защитникът, и ще падне защищаваният, и всички наедно ще загинат.
4 (D)Защото тъй ми каза Господ: както лъв, както лъвче, което реве над плячката си, макар много овчари да му викат, от вика им не ще трепне и на тяхното множество не ще отстъпи, – тъй Господ Саваот ще слезе да се срази за Сион планина и за нейния хълм.
5 (E)Както птици – пиленцата, тъй Господ Саваот ще покрие Иерусалим, ще защити и избави, ще пожали и спаси.
6 (F)Обърнете се към Оногова, от Когото сте толкова отстъпили, синове Израилеви!
7 (G)В оня ден всякой човек ще отхвърли сребърните си идоли и златните си идоли, които ръцете ви направиха вам за грях.
8 (H)И Асур ще падне не от човешки меч, и не човешки меч ще го премахне, – той ще избегне от меча, и момците му ще минат под данък.
9 (I)И от страх той ще пробегне край крепостта си; и князете му ще се плашат от знаме, казва Господ, Чийто огън е на Сион и горнило – в Иерусалим.
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