Isaiah 31:5
Like birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and freeing, passing over and saving.
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In The King James Version
In Context
6Be converted to the same depth that you have drawn away, O sons of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 12:27You shall say to them: ‘It is the victim of the crossing of the Lord, when he passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, striking the Egyptians, and freeing our houses.’” And the people, bowing down, worshipped.
Deuteronomy 32:11just as an eagle encourages its young to fly, and, flying above them, stretches out its wings, and takes them up, and carries them on its shoulders.
Psalms 46:6God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.
Isaiah 10:14And my hand has reached to the strength of the people, as to a nest. And, just as the eggs which have been left behind are gathered, so have I gathered the entire earth. And there was no one who moved a wing, or opened a mouth, or uttered a snarl.”
Isaiah 37:35And I will protect this city, so that I may save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 31:2-6
Confidence in Egypt Reproved. ( b. c. 720.) 1 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,… Read the whole commentary →