Isaiah 31

Isaiah warns Judah against trusting in Egypt and military alliances instead of YHWH, contrasting the flesh of Egyptian horses with God's spirit.[1][3] YHWH promises to defend Jerusalem like a fierce lion and hovering birds, and will destroy Assyria with a sword not made by human hands, while calling Judah to repent and return to God.[1][2][3]

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Verse 1
Woe Woe! Woe those who go down the descending ones the ones going down to Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim for help for help for help on upon upon horses horses horses rely they will lean themselves they will lean themselves and trust and they trusted and they trusted in upon upon chariots chariot chariot because for/because because many great great and on and upon and upon horsemen cavalrymen horsemen because for/because because they are strong they became strong they became strong very with great force with great force but not and not and not look they looked intently they looked intently to upon upon Holy One set-apart one holy one of Israel El-Contends Yiserael and and object-marker [·] the LORD Yahweh Yahweh not not not seek they sought diligently they sought diligently
ה֣וֹי 𐤄𐤅𐤉 hoy Woe Woe! Woe HTj הַ/יֹּרְדִ֤ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤉𐤌 hayoredim those who go down the descending ones the ones going down HTd/Vqrmpa מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 mitserayim to Egypt the Dual Enclosed-Land (Mitsrayim) Mitserayim HNp לְ/עֶזְרָ֔ה 𐤋/𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤄 leezerah for help for help for help HR/Ncfsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon upon HR סוּסִ֖ים 𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 susim horses horses horses HNcmpa יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ 𐤉𐤔𐤏𐤍𐤅 yishaenu rely they will lean themselves they will lean themselves HVNi3mp וַ/יִּבְטְח֨וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤈𐤇𐤅 vayivetechu and trust and they trusted and they trusted HC/Vqw3mp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 in upon upon HR רֶ֜כֶב 𐤓𐤊𐤁 rekhev chariots chariot chariot HNcmsa כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki because for/because because HC רָ֗ב 𐤓𐤁 rav many great great HAamsa וְ/עַ֤ל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and on and upon and upon HC/R פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ 𐤐𐤓𐤔𐤉𐤌 parashim horsemen cavalrymen horsemen HNcmpa כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 because for/because because HC עָצְמ֣וּ 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤅 atsemu they are strong they became strong they became strong HVqp3cp מְאֹ֔ד 𐤌𐤀𐤃 meod very with great force with great force HD וְ/לֹ֤א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but not and not and not HC/Tn שָׁעוּ֙ 𐤔𐤏𐤅 shau look they looked intently they looked intently HVqp3cp עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-3 to upon upon HR קְד֣וֹשׁ 𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤔 qedosh Holy One set-apart one holy one HAamsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and and object-marker [·] HC/To יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp לֹ֥א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn דָרָֽשׁוּ 𐤃𐤓𐤔𐤅 darashu seek they sought diligently they sought diligently HVqp3cp
Verse 2
and-also and also and also he he he wise wise one of wise one and-will-bring and he brought in and he brings in disaster bad evil and-his and object-marker [·] words his spoken matters his spoken matters not not not retract he caused to turn aside he caused to turn aside and-will-arise and he rose up and he rose up against upon upon house house-of house of evildoers harm-causers doers of harm and-against and upon and upon help help-of help-of workers accomplishers of accomplishers of iniquity worthless wickedness worthless wickedness
וְ/גַם 𐤅/𐤂𐤌 vegam and-also and also and also HC/Ta ה֤וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu he he he HPp3ms חָכָם֙ 𐤇𐤊𐤌 chakham wise wise one of wise one HAamsa וַ/יָּ֣בֵא 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀 vayave and-will-bring and he brought in and he brings in HC/Vhw3ms רָ֔ע 𐤓𐤏 ra disaster bad evil HAamsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and-his and object-marker [·] HC/To דְּבָרָ֖י/ו 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤅 devarayv Ndaba (Zulu) words his spoken matters his spoken matters HNcmpc/Sp3ms לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn הֵסִ֑יר 𐤄𐤎𐤉𐤓 hesir retract he caused to turn aside he caused to turn aside HVhp3ms וְ/קָם֙ 𐤅/𐤒𐤌 veqam uku-ima (Bemba) and-will-arise and he rose up and he rose up HC/Vqq3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al against upon upon HR בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house house-of house of HNcmsc מְרֵעִ֔ים 𐤌𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 mereim evildoers harm-causers doers of harm HVhrmpa וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and-against and upon and upon HC/R עֶזְרַ֖ת 𐤏𐤆𐤓𐤕 ezerat help help-of help-of HNcfsc פֹּ֥עֲלֵי 𐤐𐤏𐤋𐤉 poaley workers accomplishers of accomplishers of HVqrmpc אָֽוֶן 𐤀𐤅𐤍 aven iniquity worthless wickedness worthless wickedness HNcmsa
Verse 3
and-Egypt and Mitsrayim (the Two Bound Lands) and Mitserayim men human being human being and-not and not and not God toward a mighty one and-their-horses and their horses and their horses flesh flesh flesh and-not and not and not spirit breath of spirit of and-the LORD and Yahweh and Yahweh will-stretch-out he will cause to stretch out he will stretch out his-hand his hand his hand and-will-stumble and he stumbled and he will stumble the-helper helping one helping one and-will-fall and he fell and he fell the-helped helped one the helped one and-together and together and together all-of-them the entirety of them all of them will-fail they will come to an end they will come to an end
וּ/מִצְרַ֤יִם 𐤅/𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 umitserayim and-Egypt and Mitsrayim (the Two Bound Lands) and Mitserayim HC/Np אָדָם֙ 𐤀𐤃𐤌 adam men human being human being HNcmsa וְֽ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not and not HC/Tn אֵ֔ל 𐤀𐤋 el God toward a mighty one HNcmsa וְ/סוּסֵי/הֶ֥ם 𐤅/𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉/𐤄𐤌 vesuseyhem and-their-horses and their horses and their horses HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp בָּשָׂ֖ר 𐤁𐤔𐤓 basar flesh flesh flesh HNcmsa וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo-2 and-not and not and not HC/Tn ר֑וּחַ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha spirit breath of spirit of HNcbsa וַֽ/יהוָ֞ה 𐤅/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 vayhvah Nyambe (Lozi) and-the LORD and Yahweh and Yahweh HC/Np יַטֶּ֣ה 𐤉𐤈𐤄 yateh will-stretch-out he will cause to stretch out he will stretch out HVhi3ms יָד֗/וֹ 𐤉𐤃/𐤅 yado his-hand his hand his hand HNcbsc/Sp3ms וְ/כָשַׁ֤ל 𐤅/𐤊𐤔𐤋 vekhashal and-will-stumble and he stumbled and he will stumble HC/Vqq3ms עוֹזֵר֙ 𐤏𐤅𐤆𐤓 ozer the-helper helping one helping one HVqrmsa וְ/נָפַ֣ל 𐤅/𐤍𐤐𐤋 venafal and-will-fall and he fell and he fell HC/Vqq3ms עָזֻ֔ר 𐤏𐤆𐤓 azur the-helped helped one the helped one HVqsmsa וְ/יַחְדָּ֖ו 𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 veyachedav and-together and together and together HC/D כֻּלָּ֥/ם 𐤊𐤋/𐤌 kulam kila (Swahili) all-of-them the entirety of them all of them HNcmsc/Sp3mp יִכְלָיֽוּ/ן 𐤉𐤊𐤋𐤉𐤅/𐤍 yikhelayun will-fail they will come to an end they will come to an end HVqi3mp/Sn
Verse 4
for for/because for/because thus thus thus says he said he said the LORD Yahweh Yahweh to me toward me to me as as that which as growls he will murmur he will growl the lion the tearing-lion the lion and the young lion and the young lion and the young lion over upon over his prey his torn prey his prey which that-which which is called he will be called it will be called against it upon him against it fullness fullness of fullness of of shepherds shepherding ones shepherds from their voice from their sound from their voice not not not he is terrified he will be shattered it will be dismayed nor from their noise and from their tumultuous throng nor from their noise not not not he abases himself he will answer he will answer so thus thus will descend Descending One he will descend the LORD Yahweh Yahweh of hosts organized hosts organized hosts to fight to perform organized service to do battle upon upon against Mount mountain of mountain of Zion Tsiyon Tsion and upon and upon and upon its hill her hill her hill
כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for/because HC כֹ֣ה 𐤊𐤄 khoh thus thus thus HD אָֽמַר 𐤀𐤌𐤓 amar says he said he said HVqp3ms יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֵלַ֡/י 𐤀𐤋/𐤉 elay to me toward me to me HR/Sp1cs כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤊/𐤀𐤔𐤓 kaasher as as that which as HR/Tr יֶהְגֶּה֩ 𐤉𐤄𐤂𐤄 yehegeh growls he will murmur he will growl HVqi3ms הָ/אַרְיֵ֨ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 haareyeh the lion the tearing-lion the lion HTd/Ncmsa וְ/הַ/כְּפִ֜יר 𐤅/𐤄/𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤓 vehakefir and the young lion and the young lion and the young lion HC/Td/Ncmsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over upon over HR טַרְפּ֗/וֹ 𐤈𐤓𐤐/𐤅 tarepo his prey his torn prey his prey HNcmsc/Sp3ms אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which which HTr יִקָּרֵ֤א 𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 yiqare is called he will be called it will be called HVNi3ms עָלָי/ו֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv against it upon him against it HR/Sp3ms מְלֹ֣א 𐤌𐤋𐤀 melo fullness fullness of fullness of HNcmsc רֹעִ֔ים 𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤌 roim of shepherds shepherding ones shepherds HVqrmpa מִ/קּוֹלָ/ם֙ 𐤌/𐤒𐤅𐤋/𐤌 miqolam from their voice from their sound from their voice HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn יֵחָ֔ת 𐤉𐤇𐤕 yechat he is terrified he will be shattered it will be dismayed HVNi3ms וּ/מֵֽ/הֲמוֹנָ֖/ם 𐤅/𐤌/𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤍/𐤌 umehamonam nor from their noise and from their tumultuous throng nor from their noise HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3mp לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not not HTn יַֽעֲנֶ֑ה 𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤄 yaaneh he abases himself he will answer he will answer HVqi3ms כֵּ֗ן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) so thus thus HTm יֵרֵד֙ 𐤉𐤓𐤃 yered will descend Descending One he will descend HVqi3ms יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֔וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of hosts organized hosts organized hosts HNcbpa לִ/צְבֹּ֥א 𐤋/𐤑𐤁𐤀 litsebo to fight to perform organized service to do battle HR/Vqc עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 upon upon against HR הַר 𐤄𐤓 har Mount mountain of mountain of HNcmsc צִיּ֖וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and upon and upon and upon HC/R גִּבְעָתָֽ/הּ 𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤕/𐤄 giveatah its hill her hill her hill HNcfsc/Sp3fs
Verse 5
like-birds like chirping birds like birds hovering flying ones flying ones so thus so will-protect he will shield he will shield the LORD Yahweh Yahweh of-hosts organized hosts organized hosts over upon over Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam protecting shielding shielding and-deliver and he caused to rescue and he caused to deliver pass-over to pass over to pass over and-rescue and he caused to escape and causing to escape
כְּ/צִפֳּרִ֣ים 𐤊/𐤑𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 ketsiporim like-birds like chirping birds like birds HR/Ncbpa עָפ֔וֹת 𐤏𐤐𐤅𐤕 afot hovering flying ones flying ones HVqrfpa כֵּ֗ן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) so thus so HTm יָגֵ֛ן 𐤉𐤂𐤍 yagen will-protect he will shield he will shield HVqi3ms יְהוָ֥ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָא֖וֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot of-hosts organized hosts organized hosts HNcbpa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over upon over HR יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp גָּנ֥וֹן 𐤂𐤍𐤅𐤍 ganon protecting shielding shielding HVqa וְ/הִצִּ֖יל 𐤅/𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋 vehitsil and-deliver and he caused to rescue and he caused to deliver HC/Vhq3ms פָּסֹ֥חַ 𐤐𐤎𐤇 pasocha Zabuka (Kirundi) pass-over to pass over to pass over HVqa וְ/הִמְלִֽיט 𐤅/𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤈 vehimelit and-rescue and he caused to escape and causing to escape HC/Vhq3ms
Verse 7
for for/because for in-the-day in the day in the day that he that they-will-reject they will reject they will reject man man man idols-of powerless idols of powerless idols of his-silver his silver his silver and-idols-of worthless idols of and powerless idols of his-gold his gold his gold which that-which which made they did they made to-you — for you hands-your your two hands your two hands sin a missing-of-the-mark sin
כִּ֚י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because for HC בַּ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom in-the-day in the day in the day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/ה֔וּא 𐤄/𐤄𐤅𐤀 hahu that he that HTd/Pp3ms יִמְאָס֗וּ/ן 𐤉𐤌𐤀𐤎𐤅/𐤍 yimeasun they-will-reject they will reject they will reject HVqi3mp/Sn אִ֚ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish man man man HNcmsa אֱלִילֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤉 eliley idols-of powerless idols of powerless idols of HNcmpc כַסְפּ֔/וֹ 𐤊𐤎𐤐/𐤅 khasepo his-silver his silver his silver HNcmsc/Sp3ms וֶ/אֱלִילֵ֖י 𐤅/𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤉 veeliley and-idols-of worthless idols of and powerless idols of HC/Ncmpc זְהָב֑/וֹ 𐤆𐤄𐤁/𐤅 zehavo dhahabu (Swahili) his-gold his gold his gold HNcmsc/Sp3ms אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which which HTr עָשׂ֥וּ 𐤏𐤔𐤅 asu made they did they made HVqp3cp לָ/כֶ֛ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem to-you for you HR/Sp2mp יְדֵי/כֶ֖ם 𐤉𐤃𐤉/𐤊𐤌 yedeykhem hands-your your two hands your two hands HNcbdc/Sp2mp חֵֽטְא 𐤇𐤈𐤀 chete sin a missing-of-the-mark sin HNcmsa
Verse 8
and he will fall and he fell and it fell Assyria Ashshur Ashur by a sword by the destroying blade by the sword not not not of man man a man and a sword and destroying blade and sword not not not of man human being human being will devour him you will consume him it will consume him and he will flee and he fled and he fled for himself — to himself from the presence of from the presence of from before the presence of the sword blade of destruction sword and his young men and his young men and his young men to forced labor to corvée levy to forced labor will be they will become they will be
וְ/נָפַ֤ל 𐤅/𐤍𐤐𐤋 venafal and he will fall and he fell and it fell HC/Vqq3ms אַשּׁוּר֙ 𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤓 ashur Assyria Ashshur Ashur HNp בְּ/חֶ֣רֶב 𐤁/𐤇𐤓𐤁 becherev by a sword by the destroying blade by the sword HR/Ncfsa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not not HTn אִ֔ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish of man man a man HNcmsa וְ/חֶ֥רֶב 𐤅/𐤇𐤓𐤁 vecherev and a sword and destroying blade and sword HC/Ncfsa לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not not HTn אָדָ֖ם 𐤀𐤃𐤌 adam of man human being human being HNcmsa תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑/נּוּ 𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋/𐤍𐤅 tokhalenu okèlè (Yoruba) will devour him you will consume him it will consume him HVqi3fs/Sp3ms וְ/נָ֥ס 𐤅/𐤍𐤎 venas and he will flee and he fled and he fled HC/Vqq3ms ל/וֹ֙ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-3 for himself to himself HR/Sp3ms מִ/פְּנֵי 𐤌/𐤐𐤍𐤉 mipeney from the presence of from the presence of from before the presence of HR/Ncbpc חֶ֔רֶב 𐤇𐤓𐤁 cherev the sword blade of destruction sword HNcfsa וּ/בַחוּרָ֖י/ו 𐤅/𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤉/𐤅 uvachurayv and his young men and his young men and his young men HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms לָ/מַ֥ס 𐤋/𐤌𐤎 lamas to forced labor to corvée levy to forced labor HR/Ncmsa יִהְיֽוּ 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 yiheyu will be they will become they will be HVqi3mp
Verse 9
his rock his crag his crag because of terror from sojourner-dread from dread will pass away he will cross over he will cross over and they will be terrified and they were shattered and they were dismayed because of the standard from a raised standard from the standard his officers his officials his chiefs declares solemn utterance of declaration of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh whose that-which who fire blazing fire blazing fire is to him — to him in Zion in Tsiyon in Tsion and furnace fire-oven and furnace is to him — to him in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam
וְ/סַלְע/וֹ֙ 𐤅/𐤎𐤋𐤏/𐤅 vesaleo his rock his crag his crag HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms מִ/מָּג֣וֹר 𐤌/𐤌𐤂𐤅𐤓 mimagor because of terror from sojourner-dread from dread HR/Ncmsa יַֽעֲב֔וֹר 𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤅𐤓 yaavor will pass away he will cross over he will cross over HVqi3ms וְ/חַתּ֥וּ 𐤅/𐤇𐤕𐤅 vechatu and they will be terrified and they were shattered and they were dismayed HC/Vqq3cp מִ/נֵּ֖ס 𐤌/𐤍𐤎 mines because of the standard from a raised standard from the standard HR/Ncmsa שָׂרָ֑י/ו 𐤔𐤓𐤉/𐤅 sarayv his officers his officials his chiefs HNcmpc/Sp3ms נְאֻם 𐤍𐤀𐤌 neum declares solemn utterance of declaration of HNcmsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher whose that-which who HTr א֥וּר 𐤀𐤅𐤓 ur fire blazing fire blazing fire HNcmsa ל/וֹ֙ 𐤋/𐤅 lo is to him to him HR/Sp3ms בְּ/צִיּ֔וֹן 𐤁/𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 betsion in Zion in Tsiyon in Tsion HR/Np וְ/תַנּ֥וּר 𐤅/𐤕𐤍𐤅𐤓 vetanur and furnace fire-oven and furnace HC/Ncmsa ל֖/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-2 is to him to him HR/Sp3ms בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם 𐤁/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 birushalaim in Jerusalem in Yerushalem in Yerushalam HR/Np
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