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1 Woe to those who 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 donโt look to the Holy One of Israel, and they donโt seek Yahweh!
2 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.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
4 For Yahweh says to me, โAs the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for their noise, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.โ
6 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.
7 For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of goldโsin which your own hands have made for you.
8 โThe Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
9 His rock will pass away by reason of terror, and his princes will be afraid of the banner,โ says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
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Hebrew interlinear — Isaiah 31:1–9 (156 words)
- ืึฃืึนืhรดyhowy: oh!H1945
- ืึทืึผึนืจึฐืึดึคืืhayyลrฤdรฎmyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
- ืึดืฆึฐืจึทึืึดืึmiแนฃrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
- ืึฐืขึถืึฐืจึธึืlฤสฟezrรข`ezrah: aidH5833
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืกืึผืกึดึืืsรปsรฎmcuwc: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)H5483
- ืึดืฉืึผึธืขึตึื ืึผyiลกลกฤสฟฤnรปsha`an: to support one's selfH8172
- ืึทืึผึดืึฐืึฐืึจืึผwayyibแนญฤแธฅรปbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืจึถึืึถืrekebrekeb: a vehicle; (by implication) a teamH7393
- ืึผึดึฃืkรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ืจึธึืrฤbrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- ืึฐืขึทึคืwฤสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืคึผึธึฝืจึธืฉืึดืืึpฤrฤลกรฎmparash: a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting)H6571
- ืึผึดึฝืkรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ืขึธืฆึฐืึฃืึผสฟoแนฃmรป`atsam: to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerousH6105
- ืึฐืึนึืmฤสพลdm`od: (properly) vehemence; (with or without preposition) vehementlyH3966
- ืึฐืึนึคืwฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืฉืึธืขืึผึลกฤสฟรปsha`ah: to gaze at or about; (properly) to look for helpH8159
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืงึฐืึฃืึนืฉืqฤdรดลกqadowsh: sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) GodH6918
- ืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตึืyiลrฤสพฤlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
- ืึฐืึถืชwฤสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- ืึฐืืึธึืyฤhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืึนึฅืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึธืจึธึฝืฉืืึผืdฤrฤลกรปdarash: (properly) to tread or frequent; (usually) to follow (for pursuit or search)H1875
- ืึฐืึทืwฤgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
- ืึคืึผืhรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- ืึธืึธืึแธฅฤkฤmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
- ืึทืึผึธึฃืึตืwayyฤbฤสพbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
- ืจึธึืขrฤสฟra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
- ืึฐืึถืชwฤสพeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- ืึผึฐืึธืจึธึืืdฤbฤrฤywdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- ืึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึตืกึดึืืจhฤsรฎrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
- ืึฐืงึธืึwฤqฤmquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึผึตึฃืืชbรชtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
- ืึฐืจึตืขึดึืืmฤrฤสฟรฎmra`a`: (properly) to spoil; (literally) to ruin by breaking to pieces)H7489
- ืึฐืขึทืwฤสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืขึถืึฐืจึทึืชสฟezrat`ezrah: aidH5833
- ืคึผึนึฅืขึฒืึตืpลสฟฤlรชpa`al: to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practiseH6466
- ืึธึฝืึถืืสพฤwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
- ืึผืึดืฆึฐืจึทึคืึดืรปmiแนฃrayimMitsrayim: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptH4714
- ืึธืึธืึสพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
- ืึฐึฝืึนืwฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึตึืสพฤlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
- ืึฐืกืึผืกึตืืึถึฅืwฤsรปsรชhemcuwc: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)H5483
- ืึผึธืฉืึธึืจbฤลฤrbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
- ืึฐืึนืwฤlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืจึืึผืึทrรปaแธฅruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
- ืึทึฝืืืึธึืwayhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืึทืึผึถึฃืyaแนญแนญenatah: to stretch or spread out; (by implication) to bend away (including moral deflection)H5186
- ืึธืึืึนyฤdรดyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- ืึฐืึธืฉืึทึคืwฤkฤลกalkashal: to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle)H3782
- ืขืึนืึตืจึสฟรดzฤr`azar: to surround, i.e. protect or aidH5826
- ืึฐื ึธืคึทึฃืwฤnฤpalnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
- ืขึธืึปึืจสฟฤzur`azar: to surround, i.e. protect or aidH5826
- ืึฐืึทืึฐืึผึธึืwฤyaแธฅdฤwyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
- ืึผึปืึผึธึฅืkullฤmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- ืึดืึฐืึธืึฝืึผืืyiklฤywwnkalah: to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)H3615
- ืึผึดึฃืkรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ืึนึฃืkลkoh: (properly) like this; (by implication, of manner) thus (or so)H3541
- ืึธึฝืึทืจสพฤmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
- ืึฐืืึธึฃืืyฤhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืึตืึทึกืสพฤlayel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- ืึผึทืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจkaสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืึถืึฐืึผึถืึฉyehgehhagah: to murmur (in pleasure or anger); (by implication) to ponderH1897
- ืึธืึทืจึฐืึตึจืhฤสพaryฤariy: a lionH738
- ืึฐืึทืึผึฐืคึดึืืจwฤhakkฤpรฎrkphiyr: a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)H3715
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึทืจึฐืคึผึืึนแนญarpรดtereph: something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, foodH2964
- ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืึดืงึผึธืจึตึคืyiqqฤrฤสพqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
- ืขึธืึธืืึสฟฤlฤyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึฐืึนึฃืmฤlลสพmlo': fullness (literally or figuratively)H4393
- ืจึนืขึดึืืrลสฟรฎmra`ah: to tend a flock i.e. pasture it; (intransitively, literally or figuratively) to grazeH7462
- ืึดืงึผืึนืึธืึmiqqรดlฤmqowl: a voice or soundH6963
- ืึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึตืึธึืชyฤแธฅฤtchathath: (properly) to prostrate; (hence) to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by...H2865
- ืึผืึตึฝืึฒืืึนื ึธึืรปmฤhฤmรดnฤmhamown: a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthH1995
- ืึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึทึฝืขึฒื ึถึืyaสฟฤne`anah: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)H6031
- ืึผึตึืkฤnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- ืึตืจึตืึyฤrฤdyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
- ืึฐืืึธึฃืyฤhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืฆึฐืึธืึืึนืชแนฃฤbฤสพรดttsaba': a mass of persons; (figuratively) a mass of thingsH6635
- ืึดืฆึฐืึผึนึฅืliแนฃbลสพtsaba': to mass (an army or servants)H6633
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึทืจharhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
- ืฆึดืึผึืึนืแนฃiyyรดnTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
- ืึฐืขึทืwฤสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึผึดืึฐืขึธืชึธึฝืึผืgibสฟฤtฤhgib`ah: a hillockH1389
- ืึผึฐืฆึดืคึผึณืจึดึฃืืkฤแนฃippลrรฎmtsippowr: a little bird (as hopping)H6833
- ืขึธืคึืึนืชสฟฤpรดtืขืืฃH5774
- ืึผึตึืkฤnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- ืึธืึตึืyฤgฤnganan: to hedge about; (generally) protectH1598
- ืึฐืืึธึฅืyฤhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืฆึฐืึธืึืึนืชแนฃฤbฤสพรดttsaba': a mass of persons; (figuratively) a mass of thingsH6635
- ืขึทืสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- ืึฐืจึฝืึผืฉืึธืึธึดึืyฤrรปลกฤlฤimYruwshalaim: founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of IsraelH3389
- ืึผึธื ึฅืึนืgฤnรดnganan: to hedge about; (generally) protectH1598
- ืึฐืึดืฆึผึดึืืwฤhiแนฃแนฃรฎlnatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
- ืคึผึธืกึนึฅืึทpฤsลaแธฅpacach: to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare)H6452
- ืึฐืึดืึฐืึดึฝืืืwฤhimlรฎแนญmalat: (properly) to be smooth; (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)H4422
- ืฉืึืึผืืึผลกรปbรปshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
- ืึทืึฒืฉืึถึืจlaสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืึถืขึฐืึดึฅืืงืึผheสฟmรฎqรป`amaq: to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)H6009
- ืกึธืจึธึืsฤrรขcarah: apostasy, crime; (figuratively) remissionH5627
- ืึผึฐื ึตึฅืbฤnรชben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- ืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตึฝืืyiลrฤสพฤlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
- ืึผึดึืkรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ืึผึทืึผึฃืึนืbayyรดmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
- ืึทืึืึผืhahรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- ืึดืึฐืึธืกึืึผืyimสพฤsรปnma'ac: to spurn; (intransitively) to disappearH3988
- ืึดึืืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- ืึฑืึดืืึตึฃืสพฤlรฎlรชeliyl: good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanityH457
- ืึทืกึฐืคึผึืึนkaspรดkeceph: silver (from its pale color); (by implication) moneyH3701
- ืึถืึฑืึดืืึตึืweสพฤlรฎlรชeliyl: good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanityH457
- ืึฐืึธืึืึนzฤhฤbรดzahab: gold; (figuratively) golden, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow) such as oil or a clear, sunny skyH2091
- ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืขึธืฉืึฅืึผสฟฤลรป`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- ืึธืึถึืlฤkem
- ืึฐืึตืืึถึืyฤdรชkemyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- ืึตึฝืึฐืืแธฅฤแนญฤสพchet': a crime or its penaltyH2399
- ืึฐื ึธืคึทึคืwฤnฤpalnaphal: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)H5307
- ืึทืฉืึผืึผืจึสพaลกลกรปrAshshuwr: Ashshur, the second son of ShemH804
- ืึผึฐืึถึฃืจึถืbฤแธฅerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
- ืึนืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึดึืืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- ืึฐืึถึฅืจึถืwฤแธฅerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
- ืึนึฝืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- ืึธืึธึืสพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
- ืชึผึนึฝืืึฒืึถึื ึผืึผtลสพkฤlennรปakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
- ืึฐื ึธึฅืกwฤnฤsnuwc: to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escapeH5127
- ืืึนึlรด
- ืึดืคึผึฐื ึตืmippฤnรชpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- ืึถึืจึถืแธฅerebchereb: drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementH2719
- ืึผืึทืืึผืจึธึืืรปbaแธฅรปrฤywbachuwr: (properly) selected; a youth (often collective)H970
- ืึธืึทึฅืกlฤmasmac: (properly) a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced laborH4522
- ืึดืึฐืึฝืึผืyihyรปhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
- ืึฐืกึทืึฐืขืึนึwฤsalสฟรดcela`: a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)H5553
- ืึดืึผึธืึฃืึนืจmimmฤgรดrmagowr: a fright (objective or subjective)H4032
- ืึทึฝืขึฒืึืึนืจyaสฟฤbรดr`abar: to cross overH5674
- ืึฐืึทืชึผึฅืึผwฤแธฅattรปchathath: (properly) to prostrate; (hence) to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by...H2865
- ืึดื ึผึตึืกminnฤsnec: a flag; (also) a sailH5251
- ืฉืึธืจึธึืืลฤrฤywsar: a head person (of any rank or class)H8269
- ื ึฐืึปืnฤสพumn'um: an oracleH5002
- ืึฐืืึธึืyฤhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- ืึฒืฉืึถืจสพฤลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- ืึฅืึผืจสพรปruwr: flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)H217
- ืืึนึlรด
- ืึผึฐืฆึดืึผึืึนืbฤแนฃiyyรดnTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
- ืึฐืชึทื ึผึฅืึผืจwฤtannรปrtannuwr: a fire-potH8574
- ืึืึนlรด
- ืึผึดืืจืึผืฉืึธืึธึดึฝืืbรฎrรปลกฤloimYruwshalaim: founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of IsraelH3389
Strong's words in Isaiah 31 (6)
- Strong's H3068 — ืึฐืืึธึื (yฤhwรข)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 6 times in Isaiah 31.
- Strong's H2719 — ืึผึฐืึถึฃืจึถื (bฤแธฅereb)
- chereb (kheh'-reb) n-f. 1. drought 2. also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement [from H2717] KJV: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. Root(s): H2717. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 31.
- Strong's H120 — ืึธืึธืึ (สพฤdฤm)
- adam (aw-dawm') n-m. 1. ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) [from H119] KJV: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person. Root(s): H119. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 31.
- Strong's H1598 — ืึธืึตึื (yฤgฤn)
- ganan (gaw-nan') v. 1. to hedge about 2. (generally) protect [a primitive root] KJV: defend.. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 31.
- Strong's H2865 — ืึตืึธึืช (yฤแธฅฤt)
- chathath (khaw-thath') v. 1. (properly) to prostrate 2. (hence) to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear [a primitive root] KJV: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 31.
- Strong's H3027 — ืึธืึืึน (yฤdรด)
- yad (yawd) n-f. 1. a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one) 2. used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows) [a primitive word] KJV: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves. See also: H3709. Appears 2 times in Isaiah 31.