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1. Look at the people going down to Egypt for help. They think the horses they get will save them. They hope the many chariots and powerful soldiers will protect them. But the people don't trust in the Holy One of Israel. They didn't ask the Lord for help.
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1. Woe H1945 to them that go down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833 ; and stay H8172 on H5921 horses H5483 , and trust H982 in H5921 chariots H7393 , because H3588 they are many H7227 ; and in H5921 horsemen H6571 , because H3588 they are very strong H6105 H3966 ; but they look H8159 not H3808 unto H5921 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 , neither H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068 !
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2. But he is the wise one who is bringing the disaster. And they will not be able to stop what he commanded. The Lord will attack those who are evil and all who try to help them.
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2. Yet he H1931 also H1571 is wise H2450 , and will bring H935 evil H7451 , and will not H3808 call back H5493 his words H1697 : but will arise H6965 against H5921 the house H1004 of the evildoers H7489 , and against H5921 the help H5833 of them that work H6466 iniquity H205 .
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3. The Egyptians are only human, not God. The horses from Egypt are only animals, not spirit. The Lord will stretch out his arm, and the helper will be defeated. And those who wanted help will fall. They will all be destroyed together.
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3. Now the Egyptians H4714 are men H120 , and not H3808 God H410 ; and their horses H5483 flesh H1320 , and not H3808 spirit H7307 . When the LORD H3068 shall stretch out H5186 his hand H3027 , both he that helpeth H5826 shall fall H3782 , and he that is helped H5826 shall fall down H5307 , and they all H3605 shall fail H3615 together H3162 .
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4. The Lord told me: "When a lion or its cub catches an animal to eat, the lion stands over the dead animal and roars, and nothing can frighten it away. If men come and yell at the lion, the lion will not be afraid. They might make a lot of noise, but the lion will not run away." In the same way, the Lord All-Powerful will come down to Mount Zion. He will fight on that hill.
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4. For H3588 thus H3541 hath the LORD H3068 spoken H559 unto H413 me , Like as H834 the lion H738 and the young lion H3715 roaring H1897 on H5921 his prey H2964 , when H834 a multitude H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called forth H7121 against H5921 him, he will not H3808 be afraid H2865 of their voice H4480 H6963 , nor H3808 abase H6031 himself for the noise H4480 H1995 of them: so H3651 shall the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 come down H3381 to fight H6633 for H5921 mount H2022 Zion H6726 , and for H5921 the hill H1389 thereof.
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5. Just as birds fly over their nest to protect it, so the Lord All- Powerful will defend Jerusalem. He will save her. He will "pass over" and save Jerusalem.
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5. As birds H6833 flying H5774 , so H3651 will the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 defend H1598 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 ; defending H1598 also he will deliver H5337 it; and passing over H6452 he will preserve H4422 it.
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6. People of Israel, you should come back to the God you turned away from.
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6. Turn H7725 ye unto him from whom H834 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have deeply H6009 revolted H5627 .
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7. That is because when those things happen, people will reject the gold and silver idols you made when you sinned against me.
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7. For H3588 in that H1931 day H3117 every man H376 shall cast away H3988 his idols H457 of silver H3701 , and his idols H457 of gold H2091 , which H834 your own hands H3027 have made H6213 unto you for a sin H2399 .
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8. It is true that Assyria will be defeated with a sword, but it will not be a human sword that defeats him. Assyria will be destroyed, but that destruction will not come from a man's sword. Assyria will run away from God's sword, but the young men will be caught and made slaves.
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8. Then shall the Assyrian H804 fall H5307 with the sword H2719 , not H3808 of a mighty man H376 ; and the sword H2719 , not H3808 of a mean man H120 , shall devour H398 him : but he shall flee H5127 from H4480 H6440 the sword H2719 , and his young men H970 shall be H1961 discomfited H4522 .
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9. Their place of safety will be destroyed. Their leaders will be defeated, and they will abandon their flag. The Lord, whose fireplace is on Zion and whose oven is in Jerusalem, is the one who said this.
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9. And he shall pass over H5674 to his stronghold H5553 for fear H4480 H4032 , and his princes H8269 shall be afraid H2865 of the ensign H4480 H5251 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , whose H834 fire H217 is in Zion H6726 , and his furnace H8574 in Jerusalem H3389 .
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