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| 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! |
Go down to Egypt – The world. C316
For help – For worldly ideas and plans and for counsel as to how they should act in the crisis of this great day. C316
And stay on horses – Who endeavor still to ride the old false doctrinal hobbies. C316
Trust in chariots – Worldly organizations. C316
And in horsemen – The great leaders in false doctrines. C316
Seek the LORD! – With whom alone is safety and victory in the time of trouble. C316
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| 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. |
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| 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 helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. |
Shall stretch out – As he will do shortly. C316
His hand – His power, the power of the truth and other agencies. C316
He that is holpen – By the powers of Egypt, the world's ideas. C316
Shall fall together – In their human plans and schemes. C316
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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