Isaiah 31:2

Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, 2 and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, 2 and against the help of those who work vain striving of iniquity. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Woe to those who go down to Egypt [Abode of slavery] for help, 2 and rely on horses, 2 and trust in chariots because they are many, 2 and in horsemen because they are very strong, 2 but they don’t look to haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], 2 and they don’t seek Adonai! 1

3Now the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] are men, and not God; 2 and their horses flesh, and not spirit. 1 When Adonai stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, 2 and he who is helped shall fall, 2 and they all shall be consumed together. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 10:35When the ark went forward, Moses [Drawn out] said, “Rise up, Adonai, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”

Psalms 68:1Let God arise! 2 Let his enemies be scattered! 2 Let them who hate him also flee before him. 1

Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria [Level plain] will lead away the captives of Egypt [Abode of slavery] and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

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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