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| [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 exceeding mighty; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇! |
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| [2]Yet He also is wise, and bringeth evil, and doth not call back His words; but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. |
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| [3]Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together. |
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| [4]For thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 unto me: Like as the lion, or the young lion, growling over his prey, though a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not b dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them; so will 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof. |
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| [5]As birds hovering, so will 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will deliver it as He protecteth it, He will rescue it as He passeth over. |
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| [6]Turn ye unto Him against whom ye have deeply rebelled, O children of Israel. |
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| [7]For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. |
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| [8]Then shall Asshur fall with the sword, not of man, and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary. |
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| [9]And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem. |
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