Isaiah 31:4-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 For this is what the Lord said to me:
As a lion or young lion growls over its prey(A)
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Hosts will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill.(B)
5 Like hovering birds,
so the Lord of Hosts will protect Jerusalem(C)—
by protecting it, He will rescue it,
by sparing it, He will deliver it.
6 Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.(D) 7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made.(E)
8 Then Assyria will fall,
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man.(F)
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor.(G)
9 His rock[a] will pass away because of fear,(H)
and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.(I)
This is the Lord’s declaration—whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.(J)
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Isaiah 31:4-9
New Living Translation
4 But this is what the Lord has told me:
“When a strong young lion
stands growling over a sheep it has killed,
it is not frightened by the shouts and noise
of a whole crowd of shepherds.
In the same way, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
will come down and fight on Mount Zion.
5 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem
and protect it like a bird protecting its nest.
He will defend and save the city;
he will pass over it and rescue it.”
6 Though you are such wicked rebels, my people, come and return to the Lord. 7 I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.
8 “The Assyrians will be destroyed,
but not by the swords of men.
The sword of God will strike them,
and they will panic and flee.
The strong young Assyrians
will be taken away as captives.
9 Even the strongest will quake with terror,
and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,”
says the Lord, whose fire burns in Zion,
whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.
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