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Woe to those who go down to ^(C1)Egypt for help And ^(C2)rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not ^(C3)look to the ^(C4)Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

Yet He also is ^(C1)wise and will ^(C2)bring disaster, And does ^(C3)not retract His words, But will arise against the house of ^(C4)evildoers, And against the help of the ^(C5)workers of injustice.

Now the Egyptians are ^(C1)human and not God, And their ^(C2)horses are flesh and not spirit; So the LORD will ^(C3)stretch out His hand, And any ^(C4)helper will stumble, And one who is helped will fall. And all of them will come to an end together.

For this is what the LORD says to me: "As the ^(C1)lion or the young lion growls over his prey, Against which a band of shepherds is called out, And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, So will the LORD of armies come down to wage ^(C2)war on Mount Zion and on its hill."

Like ^(F1)flying ^(C1)birds so the LORD of armies will protect Jerusalem. He will ^(C2)protect and save it; He will pass over and rescue it.

^(C1)Return to Him against whom ^(F1)you have been ^(C2)profoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel.

For on that day every person will ^(C1)reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as ^(C2)a sin.

And the ^(C1)Assyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man, And a ^(C2)sword not of man will devour him. So he will ^(F1)(C3)not escape the sword, And his young men will become ^(C4)forced laborers.

"His ^(C1)rock will pass away because of panic, And his officers will be terrified by the ^(C2)flag," Declares the LORD, whose ^(C3)fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.