Isaiah 31:1
Tragedy is coming to those who appeal to Egypt for help, depending on their horses and trusting in all their chariots and charioteers! They don't look to the Holy One of Israel for help; they don't ask the Lord for advice.
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Genesis 47:17So they brought Joseph their livestock, and he provided them with grain in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. He gave them grain in return for their livestock during that year.
2 Chronicles 16:7But right then Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram and have not put your trust in the Lord your God, your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Aram has gone.
Job 39:11Because it's so powerful can you trust it? Can you depend on it to do your heavy work for you?
Psalms 33:16Even the greatest army cannot save a king; the greatest strength cannot save a warrior.
Isaiah 2:7Their country is full of silver and gold, and endless wealth. Their land is full of horses; and they have an endless amount of chariots.
Isaiah 9:12Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have greedily swallowed Israel up. In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.
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 →