CHAPTER 31 THE FIFTH WOE ON THOSE WHO TRUST TO EGYPT AND TO THE STRENGTH OF THEIR HORSE PROPELLED ARMAMENTS. RATHER THEY MUST TRUST IN YAHWEH WHO WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. This chapter is a chapter of contrast. On the one hand are those who fatally trust in Egypt because of their horses and chariots, An... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY MUST TRUST IN YAHWEH AND NOT IN THE HORSES OF EGYPT (ISAIAH 31:1). The Assyrians had powerful chariotry and horsemen, and in order to combat them many felt that their only hope was in Egypt, famous for its horses. But Yahweh here points out that the Egyptians are but men, and their horses are... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE END IT IS YAHWEH WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 31:4). Isaiah points out that God is not afraid of the rantings of Assyria. Rather He will come to act on behalf of His people as He did at the Exodus when the angel of death slew the Egyptian firstborn. For like a giant bird He is hoverin... [ Continue Reading ]