Isaiah 31:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

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ASV

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 very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!

KJV

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!

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wo - (see the note at Isa 30:1). To them that go down to Egypt - (see the note at Isa 30:2). And stay on horses - (see the note at Isa 30:16). And trust in chariots - (see the note at Isa 21:7). That they were often used in war, is apparent from the following places Jos 11:4; Jdg 1:19; 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 8:4. Because they are many - Because they hope to secure the aid of many. See the references above.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Slighting the God of Israel: They look not to the Holy One of Israel, as if he were not worth taking notice of in this distress. They advise not with him, seek not his favour, nor are in any care to make him their friend. The gross absurdity and folly of this sin.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֣וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
הַיֹּרְדִ֤ים	hai.yo.re.Dim	those [who] go down	H3381 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
לְעֶזְרָ֔ה	le.'ez.Rah	for help	H5833 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
סוּסִ֖ים	su.Sim	horses	H5483 →
יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ	yi.sha.'E.nu	they depend	H8172 →
וַיִּבְטְח֨וּ	vai.yiv.te.Chu	and they have relied	H982 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
רֶ֜כֶב	Re.khev	chariotry	H7393 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
רָ֗ב	Rav	[it is] many	H7227 →
וְעַ֤ל	ve.'Al	and on	H5921 →
פָּֽרָשִׁים֙	pa.ra.Shim	horsemen	H6571 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
עָצְמ֣וּ	'a.tze.Mu	they are numerous	H6105 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
וְלֹ֤א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
שָׁעוּ֙	sha.'U	they look	H8159 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
קְד֣וֹשׁ	ke.Do.osh	[the] holy [one] of	H6918 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
דָרָֽשׁוּ׃	da.Ra.shu	they seek	H1875 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:8
  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 17:5
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:31
  A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
- Psalms 33:16–17
  No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Through
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
leads to
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 146:3–4
  Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 2:22
  Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Through
Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”