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Isaiah 31:1–3 – Woe to Those Who Trust Egypt

What happens: Judah goes down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses and chariots. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel. The Lord is wise and brings disaster on the proud, while Egyptians are men, not God.

What it means: God calls His people to rely on Him rather than human power. Alliances without prayer reveal unbelief. The Lord’s holiness exposes false strength and keeps covenant justice.

Isaiah 31:4–5 – The Lord Defends Jerusalem

What happens: Like a lion unafraid of shepherds and like birds hovering, the Lord protects Jerusalem. He shields, rescues, and passes over His city.

What it means: God is both strong and tender. He keeps His people with fearless power and gentle care, showing faithful love.

Isaiah 31:6–7 – Return and Throw Away Idols

What happens: The people are called to return to the One they have deeply betrayed. On that day they cast away their silver and gold idols.

What it means: Repentance is concrete. God’s mercy invites a clean break with idols and a renewed heart toward Him.

Isaiah 31:8–9 – Assyria Falls by God’s Sword

What happens: Assyria falls by a sword not of man. Its rock and princes flee, and the Lord’s fire burns in Zion.

What it means: God breaks oppressors without human help so that His glory is clear. He is the holy warrior who rescues His people.

Application

  • Ask God first before you form any alliance or plan.
  • Remove idols that compete with trust in the Lord.
  • Rest in God’s promise to defend what He has claimed.

Bible

1Woe 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!

2Yet 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.

3Now 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.

4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

5As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

6Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

8Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

9And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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