Isaiah 31:2
Yet he, too, is wise; He will bring evil, and not take back his words; He will arise against the house of the evil-doers, And against the help of them that do iniquity.
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Job 5:13Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
Job 12:16With him are strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
Psalms 68:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Let God arise, and his enemies are scattered, And they who hate him flee before him!
Isaiah 20:4so shall the king of Assyria lead the captives of Egypt, and prisoners of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their hind parts uncovered, to the shame of the Egyptians.
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 →