Isaiah:31-32

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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 Yisra #el #, neither seek the LORD ! * 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 . * Now 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 . * For 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 . * As birds flying , so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem ; defending also he will deliver it ; and passing over he will preserve it . * Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted . * For 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 . * Then 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 . * And 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 . * Behold , a king shall reign in righteousness , and princes shall rule in judgment . * And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind , and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place , as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land . * And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim , and the ears of them that hear shall hearken . * The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge da #ath #, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly . * The vile person shall be no more called liberal , nor the churl said to be bountiful . * For the vile person will speak villany , and his heart will work iniquity , to practise hypocrisy , and to utter error against the LORD , to make empty the soul of the hungry ra #eb #, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail . * The instruments also of the churl are evil : he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor # with lying words , even when the needy speaketh right . * But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand . * Rise up , ye women that are at ease sha #anan #; hear my voice , ye careless daughters ; give ear unto my speech . * Many days and years shall ye be troubled , ye careless women : for the vintage shall fail , the gathering shall not come . * Tremble , ye women that are at ease sha #anan #; be troubled , ye careless ones : strip you , and make you bare , and gird sackcloth upon your loins . * They shall lament for the teats , for the pleasant fields , for the fruitful vine . * Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers ; yea , upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city : * Because the palaces shall be forsaken ; the multitude of the city shall be left ; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever , a joy of wild asses , a pasture of flocks ; * Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high , and the wilderness be a fruitful field , and the fruitful field be counted for a forest ya #ar #. * Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness , and righteousness remain in the fruitful field . * And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever . * And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation , and in sure dwellings , and in quiet resting places ; * When it shall hail , coming down on the forest ya #ar #; and the city shall be low in a low place . * Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters , that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass . * Woe to thee that spoilest , and thou wast not spoiled ; and dealest treacherously , and they dealt not treacherously with thee ! when thou shalt cease to spoil , thou shalt be spoiled ; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously , they shall deal treacherously with thee .

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