Isaiah 31

1 woe! [the] to go down Egypt to/for help upon horse to lean and to trust upon chariot for many and upon horseman for be vast much and not to gaze upon holy Israel and [obj] LORD not to seek

Terrible things will happen to those who reply on Egypt to help them, trusting in their soldiers’ horses and their many chariots and their strong chariot-drivers, instead of trusting that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will help them.

2 and also he/she/it wise and to come (in): bring bad: evil and [obj] word his not to turn aside: turn aside and to arise: rise upon house: household be evil and upon help to work evil: wickedness

Yahweh is [very] wise, [but] he also causes people to experience disaster! And [when he decides to do that], he does not change his mind! He will strike/punish the wicked people and [all] those who help them.

3 and Egypt man and not God and horse their flesh and not spirit and LORD to stretch hand his and to stumble to help and to fall: fall to help and together all their to end: destroy [emph?]

The soldiers of Egypt [that you people of Judah are relying on] are humans, not God! And their horses are only horses; they are not [powerful] spirits! So when Yahweh raises his fist to strike/punish the [soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you], he will also strike [you who thought that you would be helped], and you and they will stumble and fall down; all of you will die together.

4 for thus to say LORD to(wards) me like/as as which to mutter [the] lion and [the] lion upon prey his which to call: call to upon him fullness to pasture from voice their not to to be dismayed and from crowd their not to afflict so to go down LORD Hosts to/for to serve upon mountain: mount Zion and upon hill her

But this is what Yahweh said to me: “When a huge lion stands over the body of a sheep that he has killed and growls, even if a large group of shepherds comes [to chase/shoo away the lion], even if they shout loudly, the lion will not be afraid and will not leave. Similarly, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will come down to fight [my enemies] on Zion Hill, [and nothing will hinder me].

5 like/as bird to fly so to defend LORD Hosts upon Jerusalem to defend and to rescue to pass and to escape

[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will protect Jerusalem like [SIM] a [mother] bird protects [the baby birds in] her nest: I will defend the city and rescue it from its enemies.”

6 to return: return to/for which be deep revolt son: child Israel

My people, [even though] you have greatly rebelled against Yahweh, return to him.

7 for in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to reject [emph?] man: anyone idol silver: money his and idol gold his which to make to/for you hand your sin

When you do that, each of you will throw away the idols that you [SYN] have sinned by making, idols that are [covered with] silver and gold.

8 and to fall: kill Assyria in/on/with sword not man and sword not man to eat him and to flee to/for him from face: before sword and youth his to/for taskworker to be

[Many of the] Assyrian [soldiers] will be killed, but not by swords that men use. They will be destroyed by the sword of God; and [those who are not killed] will (panic/be very afraid) and flee. And some of them will [be captured] and forced to become slaves.

9 and crag his from terror to pass and to to be dismayed from ensign ruler his utterance LORD which flame to/for him in/on/with Zion and oven to/for him in/on/with Jerusalem

[Even] their very strong soldiers [MTY] will be terrified; they will abandon their battle flags and run away! Yahweh will cause his enemies who attack Jerusalem to be destroyed. Yahweh’s presence on Zion Hill is [like] a fire, [like] a furnace that blazes in Jerusalem; and that is what Yahweh says [about what will happen to the Assyrian army]!