Woe to Those Who Go down to Egypt
Woe to those who go down to aEgypt for help
And brely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very mighty,
But they do not have cregard for the dHoly One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!
2 Yet He also is awise and will bbring about an evil demise
And does cnot turn His words aside,
But will arise against the house of devildoers
And against the help of the eworkers of iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are amen and not God,
And their bhorses are flesh and not spirit;
So Yahweh will cstretch out His hand,
And dhe who helps will stumble,
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.
4 For thus says Yahweh to me,
“As the alion or the young lion growls over its prey,
Against which a multitude of shepherds is called out,
And it will not be dismayed at their voice nor afflicted at their noise,
So will Yahweh of hosts come down to wage bwar on Mount Zion and on its hill.”
5 Like flying abirds so Yahweh of hosts will defend Jerusalem.
He will bdefend and deliver it;
He will pass over and provide a way of escape.
6 aReturn to Him against whom you have bdeeply rebelled, O sons of Israel. 7 For in that day every man will areject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your bhands have made for you as ba sin.
8 And the aAssyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a bsword not of man will devour him.
So he will cflee from the sword,
And his choice men will become dforced laborers.
9 “His arock will pass away because of terror,
And his princes will be dismayed at the bstandard,”
Declares Yahweh, whose cfire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.