ישעיהו ל״א
Isaiah 31
Hebrew
ה֣וֹי הַיֹּרְדִ֤ים מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה עַל־סוּסִ֖ים יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ וַיִּבְטְח֨וּ עַל־רֶ֜כֶב כִּ֣י רָ֗ב וְעַ֤ל פָּרָשִׁים֙ כִּֽי־עָצְמ֣וּ מְאֹ֔ד וְלֹ֤א שָׁעוּ֙ עַל־קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה לֹ֥א דָרָֽשׁוּ׃ וְגַם־ה֤וּא חָכָם֙ וַיָּ֣בֵא רָ֔ע וְאֶת־דְּבָרָ֖יו לֹ֣א הֵסִ֑יר וְקָם֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית מְרֵעִ֔ים וְעַל־עֶזְרַ֖ת פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ וּמִצְרַ֤יִם אָדָם֙ וְֽלֹא־אֵ֔ל וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וְלֹא־ר֑וּחַ וַיהֹוָ֞ה יַטֶּ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וְכָשַׁ֤ל עוֹזֵר֙ וְנָפַ֣ל עָזֻ֔ר וְיַחְדָּ֖ו כֻּלָּ֥ם יִכְלָיֽוּן׃ {ס} כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָֽמַר־יְהֹוָ֣ה ׀ אֵלַ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶהְגֶּה֩ הָאַרְיֵ֨ה וְהַכְּפִ֜יר עַל־טַרְפּ֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקָּרֵ֤א עָלָיו֙ מְלֹ֣א רֹעִ֔ים מִקּוֹלָם֙ לֹ֣א יֵחָ֔ת וּמֵהֲמוֹנָ֖ם לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה כֵּ֗ן יֵרֵד֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לִצְבֹּ֥א עַל־הַר־צִיּ֖וֹן וְעַל־גִּבְעָתָֽהּ׃ כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים עָפ֔וֹת כֵּ֗ן יָגֵ֛ן יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם גָּנ֥וֹן וְהִצִּ֖יל פָּסֹ֥חַ וְהִמְלִֽיט׃ שׁ֗וּבוּ לַאֲשֶׁ֛ר הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ סָרָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ כִּ֚י בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִמְאָס֗וּן אִ֚ישׁ אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔וֹ וֶאֱלִילֵ֖י זְהָב֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם יְדֵיכֶ֖ם חֵֽטְא׃ וְנָפַ֤ל אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶב לֹא־אִ֔ישׁ וְחֶ֥רֶב לֹא־אָדָ֖ם תֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּ וְנָ֥ס לוֹ֙ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֔רֶב וּבַחוּרָ֖יו לָמַ֥ס יִהְיֽוּ׃ וְסַלְעוֹ֙ מִמָּג֣וֹר יַעֲב֔וֹר וְחַתּ֥וּ מִנֵּ֖ס שָׂרָ֑יו נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־א֥וּר לוֹ֙ בְּצִיּ֔וֹן וְתַנּ֥וּר ל֖וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {פ}
English Translation
Ha!
Those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely upon horses!
They have put their trust in abundance of chariots,
In vast numbers of riders,
And they have not turned to the Holy One of Israel,
They have not sought GOD. But [God] too is wise—
Bringing on misfortune
And not canceling prior pronouncements.
[God] shall rise against the house of evildoers,
And the alliesaallies Lit. “help.” of the workers of iniquity. For the Egyptians are human, not God,
And their horses are flesh, not spirit;
And when GOD stretches out an arm,
The helper shall trip
And the helped one shall fall,
And both shall perish together. For thus GOD has said to me:
As a lion—a great beast—
Growls over its prey
And, when the shepherds gather
In force against it,
Is not dismayed by their cries
Nor cowed by their noise—
So GOD of Hosts will descend to make war
Against the mount and the hill of Zion.
Like the birds that fly, even so will GOD of Hosts shield Jerusalem, shielding and saving, protecting and rescuing. Return, O children of Israel,bReturn, O children of Israel Emendation yields “Then the children of Israel shall return.” to the One to whom they have been so shamefully false; for in that day everyone will reject their idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have made for your guilt. Then Assyria shall fall,
Not by the sword of mortals;
A sword not of humans shall devour him.
He shall shrivelcshrivel From root nss; cf. 10.18; in contrast to others “flee.” before the sword,
And his young men pine away.dpine away From root mss; cf. 10.18; in contrast to others “become tributary.” His rock shall melt with terror,
And his officers shall collapse from weaknessecollapse from weakness Cf. first note at v. 8; meaning of Heb. uncertain.—
Declares GOD, who has a fire in Zion,
Who has an oven in Jerusalem.fJerusalem Cf. 30.33.
Those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely upon horses!
They have put their trust in abundance of chariots,
In vast numbers of riders,
And they have not turned to the Holy One of Israel,
They have not sought GOD. But [God] too is wise—
Bringing on misfortune
And not canceling prior pronouncements.
[God] shall rise against the house of evildoers,
And the alliesaallies Lit. “help.” of the workers of iniquity. For the Egyptians are human, not God,
And their horses are flesh, not spirit;
And when GOD stretches out an arm,
The helper shall trip
And the helped one shall fall,
And both shall perish together. For thus GOD has said to me:
As a lion—a great beast—
Growls over its prey
And, when the shepherds gather
In force against it,
Is not dismayed by their cries
Nor cowed by their noise—
So GOD of Hosts will descend to make war
Against the mount and the hill of Zion.
Like the birds that fly, even so will GOD of Hosts shield Jerusalem, shielding and saving, protecting and rescuing. Return, O children of Israel,bReturn, O children of Israel Emendation yields “Then the children of Israel shall return.” to the One to whom they have been so shamefully false; for in that day everyone will reject their idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have made for your guilt. Then Assyria shall fall,
Not by the sword of mortals;
A sword not of humans shall devour him.
He shall shrivelcshrivel From root nss; cf. 10.18; in contrast to others “flee.” before the sword,
And his young men pine away.dpine away From root mss; cf. 10.18; in contrast to others “become tributary.” His rock shall melt with terror,
And his officers shall collapse from weaknessecollapse from weakness Cf. first note at v. 8; meaning of Heb. uncertain.—
Declares GOD, who has a fire in Zion,
Who has an oven in Jerusalem.fJerusalem Cf. 30.33.
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Isaiah
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Tanach
Reference
Isaiah 31
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