Isaiah 31:3

Now the Mitzrayim are adam, 1 and not El (G-d); and their susim basar, 1 and not ruach. When Hashem shall stretch out His yad, 1 both he that helpeth shall fall, 1 and he that is helped shall stumble, 1 and they all shall come to an end together. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

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

4For thus saith Hashem unto me, 1 Just as the aryeh (lion) and the young lion roars over his prey, 1 when a multitude of ro'im (shepherds) is called forth against him, 1 he will not be afraid of their clamor, 1 nor disturb himself because of the noise of them; 1 so shall Hashem Tzva'os come down 1 to fight for Mount Tziyon, 1 and for the givah (hill) thereof. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:8With him is zero'a basar, but with us is Hashem Eloheinu to help us, and to fight milchamoteinu (our battles). And HaAm took heart upon the words of Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) Melech Yehudah.

Psalms 33:17A sus is a sheker (vain, false thing) for teshu'ah (deliverance, salvation, safety); 1 neither shall it save any by its great strength. 1

Isaiah 9:17For wickedness burneth like eish; 1 it shall devour the briers and thorns, 1 and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, 1 and they shall smoke upward like the lifting up of ashan (smoke). 1

Isaiah 20:6And the inhabitants of this coast shall say in that day, Hinei, such is our expectation, where we fled for ezrah (help) to be delivered from Melech Ashur; and how shall we escape?

Isaiah 30:7For the Mitzrayim shall be hevel (vain) in help, and to no purpose; 1 therefore have I called her concerning this, Rahab Sits Idle. 1

Isaiah 36:9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one officer of the least of the avadim of adoni, and put thy trust on Mitzrayim for chariots and for parashim?

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 →

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