Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.
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Genesis 47:17And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time came Hanani the prophet to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand.
Job 39:11And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? 1 And wilt thou commit thy works to him? 1
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1
Isaiah 2:7For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of their chariots.
Isaiah 9:12But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.
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 →