1Celakalah mereka yang turun ke Mesir untuk bantuan; dan bersandar kepada kuda-kuda, dan percaya kepada kereta kuda, kerana ia banyak; dan kepada penunggang kuda, kerena mereka sungguh kuat; tetapi mereka tidak memandang kepada Yang Maha Kudus Israel, dan juga tidak mencari TUHAN!
2Yet 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.call�: Heb. remove
3Now 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 holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
4For 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.noise: or, multitude
5As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
6Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7For 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.his idols of gold: Heb. the idols of his gold
8Then 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.from: or, for fear ofdiscomfited: or, tributary: Heb. for melting, or, tribute
9And 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.he�: Heb. his rock shall pass away for fearhis strong hold: or, his strength