Isaiah 31

hoy hayyoredim mitsrayim le'ezrah al-susim yisha'enu vayyivtekhu al-rekhev ki rav ve'al parashim ki-atsemu me'od velo sha'u al-qedosh yisra'el ve'et-Adonai lo darashu

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.

vegam-hu khakham vayyave ra ve'et-devarayw lo hesir veqam al-bet mere'im ve'al-ezrat po'ale aven

But [God] too is wise— Bringing on misfortune And not canceling prior pronouncements. [God] shall rise against the house of evildoers, And the allies of the workers of iniquity.

umitsrayim adam velo-el vesusehem basar velo-ruakh va-Adonai yatteh yado vekhashal ozer venafal azur veyakhdav kullam yikhlayun

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.

ki khoh amar-Adonai elay ka'asher yehgeh ha'aryeh vehakkefir al-tarpo asher yiqqare alayw melo ro'im miqqolam lo yekhat umehamonam lo ya'aneh ken yered Adonai tseva'ot litsbo al-har-tsiyyon ve'al-givatah

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.

ketsipporim afot ken yagen Adonai tseva'ot al-yerushalai͏m ganon vehitsil pasoakh vehimlit

Like the birds that fly, even so will GOD of Hosts shield Jerusalem, shielding and saving, protecting and rescuing.

shuvu la'asher hemiqu sarah bene yisra'el

Return, O children of Israel, to the One to whom they have been so shamefully false;

ki bayyom hahu yimasun ish elile khaspo ve'elile zehavo asher asu lakhem yedekhem khet

for in that day everyone will reject their idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have made for your guilt.

venafal ashur bekherev lo-ish vekherev lo-adam tokhelennu venas lo mippene-kherev uvakhurayw lamas yihyu

Then Assyria shall fall, Not by the sword of mortals; A sword not of humans shall devour him. He shall shrivel before the sword, And his young men pine away.

vesalo mimmagor ya'avor vekhattu minnes sarayw ne'um-Adonai asher-ur lo betsiyyon vetannur lo birushalai͏m

His rock shall melt with terror, And his officers shall collapse from weakness— Declares GOD, who has a fire in Zion, Who has an oven in Jerusalem.