Isaiah 31:3

"Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 31:3, the prophet speaks to a context where Israel faces threats from both foreign nations and internal corruption. The verse highlights that despite the apparent wisdom and power of these adversaries—like Egypt—their plans will ultimately fail because their strength is not truly divine. This message reassures Israel that even though its enemies may seem formidable, God's sovereignty ensures that they will prevail over those who work iniquity and provide false support to evildoers.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Now the Egyptians are men -They are nothing but people; they have no power but such as other people possess. The idea here is, that the case in reference to which they sought aid was one in which “divine” help was indispensable, and that, therefore, they relied on the aid of the Egyptians in vain. And their horses flesh, and not spirit -There is need, not merely of “physical” strength, but of wisdom, and intelligence, and it is in vain to look for that in mere brutes. Both he that helpeth -Egypt, whose aid is sought. And he that is holpen -Judah, that had sought the aid of Egypt.

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