Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and lean on horses, 1 and trust in chariots (for they are many) and in horsemen (for they are countless). 1 But they are not concerned about the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Yahweh! 1
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Genesis 47:17So they brought their livestock to Joseph. Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, for the flocks, for the herds, and for the donkeys. He fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer went to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.
Job 39:11Will you trust him because his strength is great? 1 Will you leave your work to him to do? 1
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by a vast army; 1 a warrior is not saved by his great strength. 1
Isaiah 2:7Their land is full of silver and gold, and is there no limit to their wealth; 1 their land also is full of horses, nor is there limit to their chariots. 1
Isaiah 9:12the Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west. They will devour Israel with open mouth. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 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 →