“1 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! 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 As birds
flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he
will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it.”
“6 Turn ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply
revolted. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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.” (Isaiah 31:1-9 AV)