Isaiah 31:1

Woe to them that go down to Mitzrayim for ezrah (help); 1 and rely on susim, 1 and trust in merkavot, because they are many; 1 and in parashim, because they are very strong; 1 but they look not unto the Kadosh Yisroel, 1 neither seek Hashem! 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

2Yet He also is chacham (wise), 1 and will bring rah (disaster), 1 and will not call back His devarim; but will arise against the Bais Mere'im (house of evildoers), 1 and against the ezrat po'alei aven (the help of them that work iniquity). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 47:17And they brought their mikneh unto Yosef; and Yosef gave them lechem in exchange for susim, and for the tzon, and for the mikneh of the bakar, and for the chamorim; and he fed them lechem for all their mikneh for that year.

2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Chanani HaRo'eh came to Asa Melech Yehudah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on Melech Aram, and not relied on Hashem Eloheicha, therefore is the army of Melech Aram escaped out of thine yad.

Job 39:11Wilt thou depend on him, because his ko'ach is great, 1 or wilt thou hand over thy heavy work to him? 1

Psalms 33:16There is no melech saved by the multitude of an army; 1 a gibbor is not delivered by rav ko'ach. 1

Isaiah 2:7Their land also is full of kesef and zahav, 1 neither is there any end of their otzarot; 1 their land is also full of susim, 1 neither is there any end of their merkevot: 1

Isaiah 9:12For HaAm turneth not unto Him that struck them, 1 neither do they seek Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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 →

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