Isaiah 31:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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!

To them

Hosea 11:5

Stay on horses

Psalm 33:16

They look

Hosea 14:3

Neither

Amos 5:4

General references

Isaiah 30:5

Bible References

To them

Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.

But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe?

He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

Stay on horses

Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.

Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

They look

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

And you made a place between the two walls for storing the waters of the old pool: but you gave no thought to him who had done this, and were not looking to him by whom it had been purposed long before.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

Neither

But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.

And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.

They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

General references

For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.