Isaiah 31:1

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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!Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

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Hebrew words

הוֹיhowoe to!H1945הַיֹּרְדִיםhaiyoredimthose [who] go downH3381מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714לְעֶזְרָהle'ezrahfor helpH5833עַל־'al-onH5921סוּסִיםsusimhorsesH5483יִשָּׁעֵנוּyisha'enuthey dependH8172וַיִּבְטְחוּvaiyivtechuand they have reliedH982עַל־'al-onH5921רֶכֶבrekhevchariotryH7393כִּיkiforH3588רָבrav[it is] manyH7227וְעַלve'aland onH5921פָּרָשִׁיםparashimhorsemenH6571כִּי־ki-forH3588עָצְמוּ'atzemuthey are numerousH6105מְאֹדme'odexceedinglyH3966וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808שָׁעוּsha'uthey lookH8159עַל־'al-onH5921קְדוֹשׁkedoosh[the] holy [one] ofH6918יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לֹאlo'notH3808דָרָשׁוּ׃darashuthey seekH1875

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Related verses

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Deuteronomy 17:16
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Isaiah 36:9
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Daniel 9:13
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
Psalm 33:16-17
¹⁶ There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. ¹⁷ An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.¹⁶ No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
Isaiah 30:16
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Amos 5:4-8
⁴ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: ⁵ But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought. ⁶ Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el. ⁷ Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,⁴ For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! ⁵ Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing. ⁶ Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. ⁷ There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Isaiah 30:1-7
¹ Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: ² That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! ³ Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. ⁴ For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.¹ “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. ² They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. ³ But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace. ⁴ For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

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People and places

People: Jacob

Places: Egypt