Isaiah 31:4-9
World English Bible
4 For Yahweh says to me,
“As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey,
if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him,
will not be dismayed at their voice,
nor abase himself for their noise,
so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem.
He will protect and deliver it.
He will pass over and preserve it.”
6 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel. 7 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made for you.
8 “The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man;
and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him.
He will flee from the sword,
and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror,
and his princes will be afraid of the banner,”
says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion,
and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 31:4-9
English Standard Version
4 For thus the Lord said to me,
(A)“As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey,
and when a band of shepherds is called out against him
he is not terrified by their shouting
or daunted at their noise,
(B)so the Lord of hosts will come down
to fight[a] on Mount Zion and on its hill.
5 (C)Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts
will protect Jerusalem;
he will protect and deliver it;
he will spare and rescue it.”
6 (D)Turn to him from whom people[b] have (E)deeply revolted, O children of Israel. 7 For in that day (F)everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.
8 (G)“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 (H)put to forced labor.
9 (I)His rock shall pass away in terror,
and his officers desert the standard in panic,”
declares the Lord, whose (J)fire is in Zion,
and whose (K)furnace is in Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 31:4 The Hebrew words for hosts and to fight sound alike
- Isaiah 31:6 Hebrew they
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