Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek LORD!
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Genesis 47:17And they brought their cattle to Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because thou have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on LORD thy God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of thy hand.
Job 39:11Will thou trust him because his strength is great? Or will thou leave to him thy labor?
Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Isaiah 2:7And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
Isaiah 9:12the Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind, and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 31:1
This chapter is an abridgment of the foregoing chapter; the heads of it are much the same. Here is, I. A woe to those who, when the Assyrian army invaded them, trusted to the Egyptians, and not to God, for succour, ver. 1-3 . II. Assurance given of the care God would take of Jerusalem in that time of danger and distress, ver. 4, 5 . III. A call to repentance and reformation, ver. 6, 7 . IV. A prediction of the fall of the Assyrian army, and the fright which the Assyrian king should thereby be put into, ver. 8, 9 . Read the whole commentary →