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Isaiah 31:1
Isaiah intends his list (‘horses, *chariots, horsemen’) to emphasise Egypt’s great military strength.
• The ‘horsemen’ are the skilled soldiers who drive the *chariots.
Isaiah intends his list (‘horses, *chariots, horsemen’) to emphasise Egypt’s great military strength.
• The ‘horsemen’ are the skilled soldiers who drive the *chariots.
CHAPTER XXXI _The Jews again reproved for their confidence in Egypt, finely_ _contrasted with their neglect of the power and protection of_ _God_, 1-3. _Deliverance and protection are, notwithstan...
WO - (see the note at Isaiah 30:1). TO THEM THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT - (see the note at Isaiah 30:2). AND STAY ON HORSES - (see the note at...
CHAPTER 31 The Fifth Woe Against Them that Go Down to Egypt 1. _The Egyptian Alliance condemned again (Isaiah 31:1)_ 2. _Jehovah promises to deliver Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:4) _ All looks forward toward...
ISAIAH 31. THE FOLLY OF RELIANCE ON EGYPT. JERUSALEM WILL BE PROTECTED, AND ASSYRIA OVERTHROWN. vv. Isaiah 31:6 f. seems to be an interpolation. Isaiah 31:4 f_._ creates serious difficulties. Isaiah 3...
WOE. The fourth of the six woes. DOWN. It is always "down" to Egypt, geographically and morally. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 1:4.Psalms 71:22...
Woe to them that put their trust in the horses and chariots of Egypt! The Jews were painfully conscious of their weakness in cavalry as compared with the Assyrians, and this was one of the considerati...
3. SWORD TEXT: Isaiah 31:1-9 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they lo...
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 Isr...
See Isaiah 30:16....
1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah. 6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian....
XXXI. (1) WOE TO THEM THAT GO DOWN... — The Egyptian alliance was, of course, the absorbing topic of the time, and Isaiah returns to it yet again. As in Isaiah 30:16, the princes of Judah were attract...
הֹ֣וי הַ יֹּרְדִ֤ים מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לְ עֶזְרָ֔ה ע
CHAPTER XIV THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD ABOUT 702 B.C. Isaiah 31:1 CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to Chapter s 29 and 30, can scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Isaiah. It...
BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain -----------...
A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION Isaiah 31:1-9; Isaiah 32:1-8 Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the...
The prophet again denounces the alliance with Egypt. He declares that the sin of it is a false trust consequent on the chosen people tuning their back on Jehovah. The folly of it is manifest in the fa...
Woe to them that (a) go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of...
_Chariots. He continues to inveigh against this practice, chap. xxx. 16. (Calmet) --- Salmanasar will ruin the ten tribes. (Menochius)_...
CONTENTS This chapter is to the same purport as the former. The prophet setteth forth the fully of all human confidences. Some gracious promises are given towards the close of the chapter....
Reader! we shall find scriptures, such as the present, truly profitable, under the teaching of the Holy Ghost, if we make application of what is here said in history, concerning Israel's trusting in E...
_HELP FROM A WRONG QUARTER_ ‘Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on horses … but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel.’ Isaiah 31:1 I. HERE WE SEE HOW FOOLISH WE ARE NOT TO P...
1._Woe to them that go down to Egypt. _He again returns to the subject which he had handled at the beginning of the former chapter; for he still cries loudly against the Jews, whose ordinary custom it...
The folly of trusting in an arm of flesh is again pointed out, but only while dwelling on the true means of deliverance. Jehovah at Jerusalem would be in the midst of the nations as a lion among the s...
WOE TO THEM THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP,.... Or, "O ye that go down", c. what poor foolish creatures are you! And in the end what miserable and wretched ones will ye be! Such were the Jewish rulers...
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 Is...
_Wo to them that go down to Egypt_, &c. As the Jews did, contrary to God's command, Deuteronomy 17:16. _And stay on horses_ For Egypt had many and choice horses. _But they look not unto the Lord_ Thei...
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, making it a practice to turn to this world-power for assistance, AND STAY ON HORSES AND TRUST IN CHARIOTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE MANY, the chief strength of the...
EGYPT CANNOT PROTECT ISRAEL AGAINST THE LORD'S WRATH...
1-5 God will oppose the help sought from workers of iniquity. Sinners may be convicted of folly by plain and self-evident truths, which they cannot deny, but will not believe. There is no escaping th...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 31 The folly and punishment of trust in Egypt, ISAIAH 31:1. God will fight for Jerusalem, ISAIAH 31:4,5, if they will turn unto him, ISAIAH 31:6,7. The fall of Assyria,...
Isaiah 31:1 Woe H1945 down H3381 (H8802) Egypt H4714 help H5833 rely H8172 (H8735) horses H5483 trust...
THEY MUST TRUST IN YAHWEH AND NOT IN THE HORSES OF EGYPT (ISAIAH 31:1). The Assyrians had powerful chariotry and horsemen, and in order to combat them many felt that their only hope was in Egypt, famo...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
CONTENTS: Judah again warned against the Egyptian alliance. Jehovah's defense of Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is gross absurdity to forsake the Rock of Ages for broken reeds. If men wi...
Isaiah 31:1. _Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help._ This was a sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68. It was a great revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and all his...
_Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help_ THE ABUNDANCE OF HORSES IN EGYPT The abundance of horses in Egypt is attested, not only in other parts of Scripture, but by profane writers. Homer descri...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 31:1 WOE. See note on 28:1. GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP. See Isaiah 28:15;...
THE ONLY COUNSELLOR Isaiah 31:1. _Woe to the rebellious children, &c._ These words were spoken by the prophet at a time when the Jewish nation was in great and imminent danger. They were addrest to t...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 31:1 A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF EGYPT. This prophecy seems to be quite independent of the last (Isaiah 30:
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9. Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power at the moment. Assyria...
2 Chronicles 16:7; Amos 5:4; Daniel 9:13; Deuteronomy 17:16; E
Horses — For Egypt had many and choice horses....