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Isaiah 31:2

WisdomGod's power and sovereignty

1 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.

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

3 But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

4 For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
KJV
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.
WEB
Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
ASV
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
DARBY
But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity.
BLB
He [is] also wise, and He brings disaster; and His words He does not turn aside, and He will rise up against a house of evildoers, and against the help of the workers of iniquity.
ÅB
Men også han er vis, han lar ulykke komme, og sine ord tar han ikke tilbake; men han reiser seg mot de ondes hus og mot deres hjelp som gjør urett.
OTB
Likevel er Han vis og bringer ulykke; Han tar ikke tilbake sine ord. Han vil reise seg mot nasjonen av ugjerningsmenn og dem som støtter ugjerningsmenn.
B1930
Men også han er vis, han lar ulykke komme, og sine ord tar han ikke tilbake; men han reiser sig mot de ondes hus og mot deres hjelp som gjør urett.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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  • Isaiah 45:7

    I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:21–29

    For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

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  • Amos 3:6

    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

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  • Jude 1:25

    to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

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  • Jeremiah 10:12

    The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

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  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

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